- Date
- August 17, 1987, 17:00 local (Aug 18, 1987, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kent, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4235DBeech G35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870817080649A
- Case key
- 40678
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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
Shortly after rotation a propeller blade separated from the aircraft with the remaining propeller hub assembly and the other blade also falling from the aircraft. The pilot was able to land the aircraft straight ahead on the remaining runway. The hub was overhauled 7 hrs. Before the accident. Metallurgical examination of the propellers and hub assembly revealed that the separation of the blade from the hub was the result of the use of the severely damaged blade retention nut in the overhauled propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4235D
- Reported as
- Beech G35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D4445
- Airframe hours
- 4,609
- Engine
- Continental E-225-8, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Overman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 22, 1987
- Destination
- ELN · Ellenburg, WA
- Airport
- S36 · Crest Airpark, runway 33, 3,000 × 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 518 total · 518 in this make and model · 494 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.