- Date
- November 28, 1988, 04:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place
- Crestview, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8226PPiper PA-24-250
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881128054239A
- Case key
- 32367
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While in cruise flt near an arpt, the prop separated. Plt was given vectors to arpt & entered pattern for lndg. Downwind leg was extended due to strong tailwind. Strong headwind on final caused acft to land short. During landing roll acft collided with two fences. Examination of acft revealed 6 prop mount bolts failed due to fatigue as a result of improper placement of prop mounting shim between engine crankshaft flange and starter gear flange. Acft manual stated prop mount bolts may fail due to relative movement between the two flanges if shim is not installed. Correct placement of the shim is between the prop flange & the starter gear flange. Sudden eng stoppage aprox 45 hrs earlier resulted in prop removal, overhaul, & reinstallation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8226P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-250
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-3479
- Airframe hours
- 4,019
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A1D5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nims Associates, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Nims Associates, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 1988 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- 40J · Perry, FL
- Destination
- DAL · Dallas, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CEW · Bob Sikes, runway 35, 8,000 × 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,980 total · 719 in this make and model · 1,816 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VPS, 18 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.
Other investigations on N8226P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.