- Date
- December 14, 1975
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8884HNavion A
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751214038509A
- Case key
- 152175
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4035 75/12/14 NEW ORLEANS,LA NAVION A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 960 TIME - 1300 N8884H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 375 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER TAKEOFF: RUN ENGINE TEARAWAY TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADE RETENTION MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE REMARKS- PROP BLADE SEPARATED. RETENTION CLAMP FAILED FOR UNDET REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8884H
- Reported as
- Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lakefront
N8884HRegistration cancelled Aug 2, 2020 · North American NAVIONAirframe modelNorth American NAVIONEngine modelContinental E185 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8884H · 1
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