- Date
- October 7, 1984, 17:59 local (Oct 8, 1984, 00:59 UTC)
- Place
- Newport Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9572YBeech 95-A55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841007056509A
- Case key
- 24425
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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 takeoff, the propeller separated from the aircraft's left engine. The aircraft continued to climb straight ahead and was then observed in s steep left turn during which it descended and crashed into the roof of a building approximately one quarter mile southeast of the airport. One left engine propeller blade was found on the runway. The other propeller blade, along with associated components, was found along the right side of the rwy. The propeller hub was separated, longitudinally, along the centerline. The left and right propellers had been overhauled and were installed on the aircraft at the recent annual inspection. The aircraft had accumulated a total of 3.6 hours since the installation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9572Y
- Reported as
- Beech 95-A55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-352
- Airframe hours
- 3,650
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cloyd H. Klingensmith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 7, 1984 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
- Airport
- SNA · John Wayne, runway 19, 5,700 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNA, 1 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.