- Date
- April 2, 1978
- Place
- Las Cruces, NM · LAS CRUCES, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N811CStinson 108-3
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780402004729A
- Case key
- 142570
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0360 78/4/2 LAS CRUCES,NM STINSON 108-3 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 1188 TIME - 0930 N811C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 347 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MICRO AERODROME DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS CRUCES,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- STRIP APPROXIMATELY 14 INCHES LONG SEPARATED FROM ONE PROPELLER BLADE ALONG LEADING EDGE NEAR HUB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N811C
- Reported as
- Stinson 108-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Micro Aerodrome
N811CRegistration cancelled May 13, 2013 · Stinson 108-3Airframe modelStinson 108-3Engine modelFranklin 6A4165 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.