- Date
- June 7, 1988, 20:20 local (Jun 8, 1988, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Morehead, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N112CBByron/Sorrell SNS-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880607019069A
- Case key
- 7549
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Probable cause
Inflight separation of both propeller blades from the acft for undetermined reasons.
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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Propeller system/accessories,blade - separationCause
Propeller system/accessories,hub - failure,totalCause
Forced landing
Emergency procedure - performed
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N112CB
- Reported as
- Byron/Sorrell SNS-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 195
- Airframe hours
- 3
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1 1/2, 37 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carroll C. Byron
- Registered owner
- Carroll C Byron
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1988 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- I-32 · Morehead Rowaw Co, runway 23, 2,600 × 75 ft, asphalt
N112CBRegistration cancelled Nov 15, 2007 · Byron C C SORRELL GUPPY SNS-2Airframe modelByron C C SORRELL GUPPY SNS-2Engine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 1,420 total · 1,370 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 86 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CVG, 84 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.