- Date
- September 30, 1984, 17:49 local (21:49 UTC)
- Place
- Defiance, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1424PPiper PA-23-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840930052439A
- Case key
- 12789
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Analysis
During initial takeoff climb at alt of 300 ft AGL, 9 1/4 inches of rt engine prop blade separated. Forced landing was make in field during which time the rt wing contacted a tree. Metallurgical examination revealed progressive fatigue over 75% of the fractured surface originating from two small shallow pits on the cambered suface leading edge of the blade.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1424P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23-480
- Airframe hours
- 4,405
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lance Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 8, 1984 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- DFI · Defiance, OH
- Destination
- OH02 · Mcclure, OH
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25,785 total · 125 in this make and model · 209 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOL, 31 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.