- Date
- April 7, 1982, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Newark, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1196PPiper PA-23-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820407069409A
- Case key
- 72005
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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 plt reported a loud bang was heard and he observed the left eng cowl raised to a vertical position & the eng drooped downward. The excessive amount of drag caused the acft to be uncontrollable. The plt was able to gain control of the acft by feathering the right eng. A gear-up landing was made in a pasture. One blade had separated from the left propeller due to separation of a flange on the propeller hub. The separated hub flange failed due to high cyclic metal fatigue.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1196P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23-211
- Airframe hours
- 6
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- L.E.Clark
- Registered owner
- L.E.Clark
- Departed
- AI · Justin, TX
- Destination
- AI · Justin, TX
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
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,474 total · 2,001 in this make and model · 2,387 as pilot in command · 194 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 126 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.