- Date
- February 18, 1988, 15:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- Goodyear, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6785YBeech F33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880218002769A
- Case key
- 25724
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an instructional flight, after takeoff, at 300 feet, the pilot and student said they heard a loud bang. The engine experienced a loss of power and the pilot noted that the top of the engine cowling was gone. A forced landing was made off the runway. During the landing roll the aircraft collided with a fence. Investigation revealed that one propeller blade separated from the hub in flight. Inspection of the propeller blade indicated severe fatigue cracking.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6785Y
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE 1027
- Airframe hours
- 4,535
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Airline Training Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · February 10, 1988 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- E60 · Eloy, AZ
- Airport
- GYR · Goodyear, runway 21, 8,500 × 80 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
- 49
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,119 total · 329 in this make and model · 10,972 as pilot in command · 149 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GYR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.