- Date
- April 28, 1977
- Place
- Central City, NE · CENTRAL CITY, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7723Sportavia RF4-D
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 147359
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3012 77/4/28 CENTRAL CITY,NE SPORTAVIA RF4-D CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 49, 2500 TIME - 1400 N7723 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEARNEY,NE FREMONT,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WOOD PROPELLER BLADE FAILED IN HUB.MALOOF VAR PITCH PROPELLER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7723
- Reported as
- Sportavia RF4-D
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7723Registered now · Sportavia-Putzer FOURNIER R.F.4.DAirframe modelSportavia-Putzer FOURNIER R.F.4.DEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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