- Date
- November 14, 1987, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Parrish, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N512FCCrump 512
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871114064899A
- Case key
- 7532
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While cruising at 5500 ft, the propeller separated from the aircraft and struck the left wing. During the resulting forced landing, the pilot had difficulty controlling the aircraft and was unable to maneuver to a selected field. He said the aircraft would become uncontrollable below 100 mph, even though the best glide speed was 77 mph (before it was damaged). He declared an emergency & made a landing approach at 120 mph. During the landing, the aircraft hit a clothes line & tree before coming to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N512FC
- Reported as
- Crump 512
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 512
- Airframe hours
- 250
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fred E. Crump, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 23, 1987 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- Aberdeen, MS
- Destination
- BHM · Birmingham, AL
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,860 total · 222 in this make and model · 2,312 as pilot in command · 102 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.