- Date
- December 27, 1987, 17:05 local (Dec 28, 1987, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Goodyear, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4297FCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871227071939A
- Case key
- 25921
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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
During a cross country flt while cruising at 7500 ft MSL, the acft began to vibrate severely. The plt shut the engine down and landed without further incident. Inspection of the acft revealed that a section of one of the propeller blades had separated. The acft was substantially damaged in flight during the vibration. The separated portion of the blade was never located. The reason for the separation was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4297F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46197
- Airframe hours
- 2,730
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James R. Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1987 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- WJF · Lancaster, CA
- Destination
- P10 · Chandler, AZ
- Airport
- GYR · Goodyear, runway 3, 8,500 × 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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,668 total · 1,321 in this make and model · 1,593 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.