- Date
- March 7, 1993, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Everglades City, FL
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3836CAero Commander 500
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930307014919I
- Case key
- 33183
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Probable cause
The preexisting fatigue cracking of the propeller hub arm in the bearing retention radius due to polishing and wear of the radius from contact with the split rings, resulting in a propeller blade separating from the propeller hub on the takeoff ground run, and subsequent aborted takeoff.
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
The airline transport pilot-in-command aborted the takeoff when a propeller blade from the right engine separated from the right propeller system. Examination of the propeller hub by the NTSB materials laboratory division revealed the propeller hub arm failed due to preexisting fatigue cracking in the bearing retention radius, from polishing and wear of the radius from contact with the split rings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3836C
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 500-791
- Airframe hours
- 4,861
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-A2B, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Palm Beach Aviation
- Registered owner
- Palm Beach Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · March 3, 1993 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- X01
- Destination
- PBI · W. Palm Beach, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- XO1 · Everglades, runway 15, 2,400 × 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
- 66
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,760 total · 2,333 in this make and model · 8,560 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 25 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 N3836C · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.