- Date
- March 12, 1988, 12:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Moriarty, NM
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N185SASurline Sidewinder
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880312017749A
- Case key
- 17324
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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
Witnesses heard the acft eng sound increase dramatically as the acft passed over a gen aviation airport. The acft was seen by another witness at low atl, estimated to be about 200 ft, as the nose pitched up. The acft then entered a spin and impacted the ground. The investigation revealed that the wooden propeller had separated in flight and it was later found near where the first witness heard the eng sound increase. Examination of the prop show all the bolts that secure the prop to the crankshaft were sheared. The examination further revealed that there was no reinforcing plate between the bolt heads and the wooden prop hub, only the front spinner bulkhead. The front spinner bulkhead showed wear as did the bolt holes in the prop hub.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N185SA
- Reported as
- Surline Sidewinder
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 212378
- Airframe hours
- 85
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Surline
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- RTN · Raton, NM
- Destination
- TCS · Truth Or Conseq, NM
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 235 total · 85 in this make and model · 23 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LVS, 62 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.