# NTSB MIA83IA098: Cessna 402C, N65PB, Near Taylor, FL, March 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: March 19, 1983, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Near Taylor, FL
- Coordinates: 30.189523, -82.640296 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1895&lon=-82.6403&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30827
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83IA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30827/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83IA098

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, cruise - normal
  - propeller system/accessories,blade - failure,total (cause)
  - propeller system/accessories,blade - fatigue
  - propeller system/accessories,blade - separation

## Analysis

A PROPELLER BLADE SEPARATED DUE TO A FATIGUE FAILURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N65PB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0626
- Airframe hours: 1426
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520 325 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Provincetown Boston Airline
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: TLH, TALLAHASSEE, FL
- Destination: JAX, JACKSONVILLE, FL
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 3,200 total, 600 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: JAX, 48 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19830319060959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830319060959I), Mar 19, 1983: Cessna 402C, Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. Lost 12 inches of the left engine propeller blade. Origin was a fatigue crack under the deice boot.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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