- Date
- October 16, 1980
- Place
- Willcox, AZ · WILLCOX, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9350VMooney M20C
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801016058169A
- Case key
- 127482
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3701 80/10/16 WILLCOX,AZ MOONEY M20C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 542 TIME - 0700 N9350V PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 146 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLENDALE,AZ EL PASO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- 21IN OF BLADE SEPD.HIGH PLANE STRAIN STRESS COULD HAVE BEEN RESULT OF BLADE STRAIGHTENING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9350V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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