- Date
- March 21, 1983, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Blue Bell, PA
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N420WABritten-Norman BN-2 Mark III
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19830321073589I
- Case key
- 35137
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Anti-ice/deice system,propeller - separationCause
Window,door - failure,partial
Analysis
A deicer boot on a right propeller blade separated. It struck & broke a window. A tie strap was missing. There was no evidence of improper or inadequate bonding.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N420WA
- Reported as
- Britten-Norman BN-2 Mark III (BN-2 MARK)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1040
- Airframe hours
- 2,484
- Engine
- Lycoming 0540-G4G5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Wings Airways
- Registered owner
- Fly Bell Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · March 13, 1983 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- PHL · Philadelphia, PA
- Destination
- N67 · Blue Bell, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- N67 · Wings Field, runway 6, 2,618 × 50 ft, macadam
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total · 200 in this make and model · 3,600 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BBX, 5 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.