Cessna 188B N9541J

Summary

On 22 March 1984 at about 21:45 local time, a Cessna 188B registered N9541J was involved in an accident near Lake Village, Arkansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 March 1984 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Lake Village, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

33.3193, -91.2792

Aircraft

Cessna 188B

Registration

N9541J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC84LA109

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AS THE ACFT BEGAN TO ROTATE DURING TAKEOFF ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS THROWN 1000 FT BEHIND THE ACFT. THE REMAINING BLADE AND HUB BECAME UNBALANCED, TWISTING THE ENGINE AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. PLT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. ACFT TRAVELED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY AND CARTWHEELED. INSPECTION REVEALED PROPELLER BLADE BROKE APRX 2 INCHES OUTBOARD OF THE HUB. METALLURGICAL TESTS REVEALED NUMEROUS FATIGUE ORIGANS ON BOTH THE BLADE BUTT ENDS AT ITS SEPARATION POINTS AND IN THE PROPELLER ATTACHMENT ON THE FACE OF THE HUB. THE PROPELLER BLADE MOUNTING WHICH ATTACHES TO THE ENGINE HAD BROKEN OUT BETWEEN TWO STUD HOLES. THIS AREA SHOWS FATIGUE AS WELL AS DEFORMATION OF THE MOUNTING SURFACE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.