Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Meadows Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Oildale, California 93308
Thursday, March 17, 1988 12:41 PST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
AFTER DEPARTURE, UPON REACHING 6,500 FT MSL, A PROPELLER BLADE SEPARATED FOLLOWED BY THE ENTIRE PROPELLER ASSY. THE ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE MAKING CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DIFFICULT. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE SIDE OF A HILL DURING THE ENSUING FORCED LANDING. METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE SEPARATED PROPELLER BLADE DISCLOSED HIGH FREQUENCY, LOW AMPLITUDE FATIGUE. THE FATIGUE WAS NOT DUE TO ANY PRE-EXISTING CRACKS OR MATERIAL FAILURE. THE ENGINE MOUNTS WERE EXCEEDINGLY WORN. THE REMANUFACTURED ENGINE WAS INSTALLED IN THE AIRPLANE 1 YEAR BEFORE THE ACCIDENT AND HAD ACCUMULATED 108.6 HOURS. THE OWNER/PILOT DID NOT OVERHAUL THE PROPELLER ON THE ADVICE OF THE FBO CHIEF INSPECTOR. THE PROPELLER EXCEEDED THE MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDED OVERHAUL PERIOD BY 5 YEARS AT THE TIME THE ENGINE WAS INSTALLED.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
IMPROPER MAINTENANCE GIVEN BY THE FIXED BASED OPERATOR.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 3/17/1988 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1241 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Standard Time |
| Event City | OILDALE |
| Event State | CALIFORNIA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 93308 |
| Event Date Year | 1988 |
| Event Date Month | 3 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | MEADOWS |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | BFL |
| 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 | 490 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1303 Pacific Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 192 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | BFL |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 490 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 10 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 15 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 24 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -2 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 360 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 6 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 2 |
| Injury Total All | 3 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2358 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Mar 17 1988 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1245 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 39072 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 11:37AM |
| 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 | N4103A |
| NTSB Number | LAX88FA129 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Beech |
| Aircraft Model | V35B |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | V35B |
| Aircraft Serial Number | D-9116 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3400 |
| 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 | 5 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Nov 3 1987 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 16 |
| Airframe Hours | 2823 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | HUNSAKER, ALLEN |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 721 W COMMONWEALTH AVE. |
| Aircraft Owner City | FULLERTON |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 92632 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | HUNSAKER, ALLEN M. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 715 ALVY |
| Operator City | ANAHEIM |
| Operator State | CA |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 92802 |
| Operator Code | |
| 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 | |
| Departure City | DUCOR |
| Departure State | CA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1230 |
| Departure Time Zone | PST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | FUL |
| Destination City | FULLERTON |
| Destination State | CA |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Descent |
| 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 | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |