- Date
- June 18, 1983, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. George, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1537HCessna 195A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830618025519A
- Case key
- 16099
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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
The prop blade separated causing the acft to veer sharply to the left out of control. The acft came to rest about 30 ft from the rwy with the right main landing gear broken off. A metallurgical exam revealed that the blade failed from fatigue. The fatigue origin was at a subsurface inclusion. A corrosion crack was present from the outside surface on theouter side of the blade. This crack showed corrosion products. The blades was overhauled 5 months prior to the accident. The blades were inspected for cracks by using a dye penetrant test iaw the overhaul manual. An eddy current test was used only for the inside of the bore.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1537H
- Reported as
- Cessna 195A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7759
- Airframe hours
- 7,759
- Engine
- Jacobs R-755-A2, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Grand Canyon Dories Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 8, 1982 · 42 hours before
- Destination
- Whitmore, WA
- Airport
- SGU · St. George Muni, runway 16, 6,100 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 66
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,010 total · 3,110 in this make and model · 7,610 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.