# NTSB ATL88DKG02: Crump 512, N512FC, Parrish, AL, November 14, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: November 14, 1987, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Parrish, AL
- Coordinates: 33.729911, -87.27967 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7299&lon=-87.2797&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7532
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88DKG02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7532/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88DKG02

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, cruise - normal
  - propeller system/accessories - failure,total (cause)
  - propeller system/accessories - separation (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N512FC-1989-11-16), registration cancelled 1989-11-16, S/N 512 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CRUMP 512
- Registry model: [Crump Fred E GLASAIR TD](https://openairdocs.org/model/crump-fred-e-glasair-td) (registry code 05655TK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 512
- Airframe hours: 250
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871114064899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871114064899A), Nov 14, 1987: Amtr GLASAIR, Parrish, AL, Substantial damage. Crash landed in a backyard after the propeller hub bolts broke. Propeller struck left wing causing lost of control.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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