# NTSB LAX68A0049: Snow S2A, N9406R, Dateland, AZ, November 15, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 15, 1967
- Place: Dateland, AZ · DATELAND, AZ
- Location: 32.8209° N, 113.5422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dateland, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8209&lon=-113.5422&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 5, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113590
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68A0049
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68A0049

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1006  67/11/15 NR.DATELAND,ARIZ      SNOW S2A            CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 5050
        TIME - 1022                    N9406R              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 1250 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER                       IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
        REMARKS- FATIGUE FAILURE OF ONE BLADE CAUSED BOTH THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE TO SEPARATE IN FLT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9406R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9406R-1968-02-07), registration cancelled 1968-02-07, S/N 1036 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SNOW S2A
- Registry model: [Snow S2A](https://openairdocs.org/model/snow-s2a) (registry code 8380202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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