De Havilland DH82A N80660

Summary

On 30 August 2008 at about 20:20 local time, a De Havilland DH82A registered N80660 was involved in an accident near Sevierville, Tennessee, 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

30 August 2008 at 20:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Sevierville, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Seymour Air Park (TN20)

Coordinates

35.8117, -83.7744

Aircraft

De Havilland DH82A

Registration

N80660

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sevierville → Knoxville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA08CA178

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

During takeoff, at about 100 feet in the air, near the end of the runway, the pilot heard a loud bang and immediately felt an increasing vibration. He reduced engine power and maneuvered to return to the runway. As he lined up for the runway, the engine was producing power but he felt no thrust. The airplane lost altitude and the pilot landed in a rough pasture short of the runway. The landing gear separated and the left wing buckled before coming to a stop. Post-accident examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed the brass tip separated from the wooden propeller and the blades separated to the hub section. The missing pieces of propeller were not located.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.