- Date
- December 26, 1984, 20:00 local (Dec 27, 1984, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Philadelphi, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6505YPiper PA-23-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841226070589A
- Case key
- 12979
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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
Plt felt vibration and reduced power on both engines to idle. Plt heard a 'thud' and discovered the left propeller had separated cutting through the nose of the acft as it departed. The propeller was not located. Two of the six propeller bolts remained with the acft. Metallurgical exam of the two bolts revealed fatigue progression stemming from numerous origins.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6505Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27-3793
- Airframe hours
- 9,890
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-C4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Appalachian Aviation
- Registered owner
- Lewis J. Manyak
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 3, 1984 · 353 hours before
- Departed
- 22I · Mcarthur, OH
- Destination
- ERI · Erie, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 19,541 total · 3,026 in this make and model · 17,577 as pilot in command · 2,826 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK, 28 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.