Mooney M20C N6850U

Summary

On 4 May 1985 at about 15:45 local time, a Mooney M20C registered N6850U, operated by Callahan Aviation Services, was involved in an accident near Bainbridge, Georgia, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 May 1985 at 15:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Bainbridge, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Mooney M20C

Registration

N6850U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Callahan Aviation Services

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Spartanburg → Anniston

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA85LA164

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

WHILE EN ROUTE, THE PLT NOTED A SEVERE ENG VIBRATION. HE SHUT DOWN THE ENG & MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. DURING THE ROLL-OUT, THE ACFT HIT A DITCH & WAS DAMAGED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ONE PROP BLADE HAD FAILED FROM FATIGUE & THE END OF THE BLADE HAD SEPARATED. THE FATIGUE HAD ORIGINATED ON THE SIDE OF THE BLADE. THERE WERE INDICATIONS OF CORROSION WERE THE CRACK BEGAN, APRX 17' FROM THE BASE OF THE BLADE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.