Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Cleveland-Hopkins Intl Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Cleveland, Ohio 44101
Wednesday, January 23, 1991 9:00 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
AT APRX 1200' MSL, WHILE ON FINAL APCH TO RWY 23R, THE PLT & PSGR NOTED A 'DIFFERENT' SOUND FM THE PROP/ENG. THERE WAS A LOSS OF THRUST FM THE ENG. ALSO, A ROUGH OR OUT-OF-BALANCE COND WAS NOTED. THE PLT STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINT ALT & WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERG LNDG ABOUT 3/4 MI SHORT OF THE RWY. DRG THE LNDG, THE ACFT ENCTRD SOFT/UNEVEN TRRN & NOSED DOWN. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL PROBLEM WAS FND WITH THE ENG. A POST-ACDNT EXAM REVEALED THAT ALL 3 PROP BLADES WERE FREE TO ROTATE 360 DEG IN THEIR HUBS. FATIGUE FRACTURES WERE FND ON 2 OF THE 3 PROP BLADE ACTUATING PINS; FATIGUE STRIATIONS WERE FND ON 90 TO 95 PERCENT OF THE #2 PROP ACTUATING PIN & ABOUT 60 PERCENT ON THE #1 PROP PIN (B-3491 PINS). NEITHER OF THESE PINS HAD BEEN REWORKED TO SHORTEN THE THREADED END IAW AD 77-13-17, WHICH REFERENCED MCCAULEY SERVICE BULLETIN #99. DRG INSTLN, THE PINS HAD 'BOTTOMED OUT' IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TAPPED HOLES, WHICH PREVENTED PROPER SEATING. THE #3 PROP BLADE ACTUATING PIN WAS A CORRECT PIN (B-4460) & IT HAD NO PREIMPACT CRACK OR FAILURE.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE NUMBER TWO PROPELLER BLADE ACTUATING PIN, DUE TO IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE PINS AND NON-COMPLIANCE WITH AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE (AD 77-13-77).
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 1/23/1991 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 900 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | CLEVELAND |
| Event State | OHIO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 44101 |
| Event Date Year | 1991 |
| Event Date Month | 1 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | CLEVELAND-HOPKINS INTL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | 0 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Unknown |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -9 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -- |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 3 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 3 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 462 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jan 23 1991 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1145 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 45745 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 12 2000 9:14AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N4626F |
| NTSB Number | NYC91LA062 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | P206 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | P206 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | P206-0226 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3600 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | MAX KRUMPE |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 912 MARYLAND AVE. |
| Aircraft Owner City | HAGERSTOWN |
| Aircraft Owner State | MD |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 21740 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | SEL |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | HGR |
| Departure City | HAGERSTOWN |
| Departure State | MD |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 910 |
| Departure Time Zone | EST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | CLE |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 23R |
| Runway Length | 7095 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |