- Date
- November 9, 1986, 16:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Conway, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6537PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19861109054599A
- Case key
- 7347
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Analysis
One blade of the fixed pitch propeller separated 3' from the hub during a routine instructional flight. The imbalance resulted in a broken engine mount and a total loss of power was experienced. A forced landing was made in a soft field during which, the aircraft nosed over. A metallurgical examination of the failed blade, design number 1A103, disclosed a fatigue crack that originated from chordwise surface scratches underneath the painted finish. The propeller total time in service since new was 3425 hours and it had not been refinished during that time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6537P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285030
- Airframe hours
- 3,830
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- N. American Inst. Of Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 22, 1986 · 65 hours before
- Departed
- HYW · Conway, SC
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 712 total · 239 in this make and model · 590 as pilot in command · 310 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6537P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.