- Date
- October 18, 1992, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Woodstock, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N110PBPatrick F. Bowers Corbin JR. ACE E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921018042299A
- Case key
- 8695
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Probable cause
The separation of the propeller from the aircraft.
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
The aircraft was on a cross country flight under visual meteorological conditions. During the flight the pilot noticed a vibration and was turning toward an airport, when the wooden propeller departed the aircraft. During the emergency landing, the aircraft contacted a group of trees, and was substantially damaged. The propeller could not be located.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N110PB
- Reported as
- Patrick F. Bowers Corbin JR. ACE E (CORBIN JR.)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 101
- Airframe hours
- 198
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12-F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marchman, George G.
- Registered owner
- Marchman, George G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 30, 1991 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- 00A · Stone Mountain, GA
- Destination
- 6AO · Cartersville, GA
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK, 15 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.