- Date
- March 20, 1984, 11:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65DBPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840320006719A
- Case key
- 24206
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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
Shortly after passing watson intersection inbound to tuscon, AZ the outboard tip of one propeller blade separated. The plt turned the magneto switch off and slowed the acft until the propeller stopped rotating. He then executed an emergency landing short of the arpt. The acft was landed in a hard packed dirt area. Metallurgical examination of the remaining blade stub revealed a fatigue failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65DB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1688
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fred H. Morgan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 1, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- L70 · Agua Dulce, CA
- Destination
- TUS · Tucson, AZ
- Airport
- Tuscon International
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,050 total · 275 in this make and model · 979 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUC, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.