- Date
- July 25, 1984, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bainbridge, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N57593Piper PA-36-285
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840725034929A
- Case key
- 31161
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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 at about 150 ft AGL the propeller hub failed allowing one propeller blade to separate from the acft. The pilot flew the forced landing straight ahead into trees. Metallurgical examination of the hub revealed evidence of a fatigue fracture in the forward half of the hub.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57593
- Reported as
- Piper PA-36-285
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 36-7560128
- Airframe hours
- 2,482
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-A1B, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Potter Flyers Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 30, 1984 · 51 hours before
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 200 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DHN, 24 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.