- Date
- May 23, 1971
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA · BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N156LMPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161930
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2179 71/5/23 BAKERSFIELD,CALIF PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 4184 TIME - 1648 N156LM PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 640 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOWS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRESNO,CALIF PHOENIX,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- ONE BLD SEPRTD FROM PROP,3 ENG MNTS TORE AWAY DUE TO TORSIONAL VIBRATNS.PLT LND SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N156LM
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meadows Field
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