Cessna 172S N582SP
12 December 2000 · St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 12 December 2000 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 172S registered N582SP, operated by Modern Aero, was involved in an incident near St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 20:00
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States
- Nearest airport
- St. Cloud Regional (STC)
- Coordinates
- 45.5501, -94.1708
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172S
- Registration
- N582SP
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Modern Aero
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI01IA047
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
the fatigue failure of the propeller blade during the initial takeoff climb. The failure was a result of a material defect, which occurred during the manufacturing process and the manufacturers failure to detect the defect.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The outer 14 inches of one of the propeller blades separated during takeoff at an altitude of 400 to 500 feet above the runway. The certified flight instructor was able to land the airplane on a parallel taxiway without incident. The propeller had 236 hours total time at the time of the incident. Metallurgical examination revealed that about 60 percent of the fracture surface contained features typical of fatigue cracking which emanated from the flat face of the blade arm, near the trailing edge. The examination also revealed the microstructure was normal with the exception that the grain flow pattern followed the surface of the scallop region and not the surface of the blade. Chromium present in the scalloped region of the fracture and not on the fatigued surface indicated that the chromic anodized solution penetrated the indication during the anodizing process prior to the blade being painted.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 172 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Jul 2000 | Cessna 172H | Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Dec 2000 | Cessna 172M | Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States | Kentucky Airmotive | Minor injuries | - |
| 16 Feb 2000 | Cessna 172N | Palm Springs, California, United States | Bermuda Dunes Air Service | Minor injuries | - |
| 18 Apr 2000 | Cessna 172R | Battle Creek, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jul 2000 | Cessna 172 | Chandler, Arizona, United States | Sunbird Flight Services | No injuries | - |
| 4 Nov 2000 | Cessna 172P | Inverness, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Sep 2000 | Piper PA-23-250 | Sandstone, Minnesota, United States | Robert S. Hansen | No injuries | - |
| 24 Feb 2000 | Beechcraft 95-B55 | Moorhead, Minnesota, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 21 Apr 2000 | Cessna 170A | St. Paul, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 May 2000 | Cessna C310R | Hibbing, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Sep 2000 | Boeing 727-224 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | Sun Country Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jul 2000 | Piper PA-22-160 | Olivia, Minnesota, United States | Douglas J. Knudson | No injuries | - |