- Date
- December 27, 1979
- Place
- St Thomas, VI · ST THOMAS, VI
- Injuries
- 13 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N100SDDouglas DC3C
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19791227035909I
- Case key
- 79731
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0045 79/12/27 ST THOMAS,VI DOUGLAS DC3C CR- 0 0 3 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1340 N100SD PX- 0 0 10 AIR TAXI-PASSG 51, 16500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRY S TRUMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST THOMAS,VI ST CROIX,VI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION REMARKS- NO.2 PROPELLER BLADE SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N100SD
- Reported as
- Douglas DC3C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Harry S Truman
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.