- Date
- April 25, 1987, 17:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Willoughby, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N82ATCessna 500
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870425011549A
- Case key
- 7290
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft had been flown over 4 hrs on pers. Business for owner. Plts had stopped at lnn to drop off pax. Start & taxi were norm for positioning flt back to home base. Started t.o. roll and when eng RPM reached 80-85% toward tgt of 95.7%, plts reptd loud 'bang' and cp observed left eng fan stage pass the acft, arc up and to the right, and then strike gnd at the edge of the rwy and bounce onto the grass 125 ft right of the rwy. The plt stopped the acft on the rwy. Insp of the acft and eng revealed uncontained failure of left eng impeller. Insp of impeller revealed fatigue cracks on pressure face of impeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82AT
- Reported as
- Cessna 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 500-3012
- Airframe hours
- 4,553
- Engine
- P&W JT15D-1, 2,200 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Firebird Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · March 29, 1987 · 23 hours before
- Destination
- 7G8 · Middlefield, OH
- Airport
- LNN · Lost Nation, runway 5, 4,870 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,811 total · 672 in this make and model · 2,561 as pilot in command · 135 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LNN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.