- Date
- March 11, 1982, 18:38 local (23:38 UTC)
- Place
- Flushing, NY
- Injuries
- 30 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N26210Nord 262A-12
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19820311012589I
- Case key
- 70692
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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
While climbing through 7000 ft, the aircraft began to shake violently. The first officer confirmed that the source of vibration was the right engine. An unsuccessful attempt was made to feather the prop after the rt engine was shut down. The aircraft continued to vibrate so the crew declared an emergency and landed at laguardia airport. The no. 2 prop blade on the rt prop had failed in fatigue and separated about 14 inches outboard of the hub. The fatigue crack initiated from an area of pitting corrosion that was covered by the electrical deicing boot. Examination of the boot at the fatigue origin of the blade disclosed localized overheating had occurred which deteriorated the boot. This was in the area where the heating element joins a braided wire bundle. Total time on the prop was 1435 hours.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26210
- Reported as
- Nord 262A-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16
- Airframe hours
- 24,047
- Engine
- Turbomeca BASTAN, VI CI, 987 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Ransome Airlines, Inc
- Registered owner
- Ransome Airlines, Inc
- Departed
- Newark, NJ
- Destination
- Providence, RI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LGA · Laguardia (R/W 22), runway 22, 7,000 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,200 total · 3,795 in this make and model · 3,745 as pilot in command · 186 in the last 90 days · 55 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 118 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LGA
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 N26210 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.