Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Lake Village, Arkansas 71653
Thursday, March 22, 1984 15:45 CST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

AS THE ACFT BEGAN TO ROTATE DURING TAKEOFF ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS THROWN 1000 FT BEHIND THE ACFT. THE REMAINING BLADE AND HUB BECAME UNBALANCED, TWISTING THE ENGINE AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. PLT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. ACFT TRAVELED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY AND CARTWHEELED. INSPECTION REVEALED PROPELLER BLADE BROKE APRX 2 INCHES OUTBOARD OF THE HUB. METALLURGICAL TESTS REVEALED NUMEROUS FATIGUE ORIGANS ON BOTH THE BLADE BUTT ENDS AT ITS SEPARATION POINTS AND IN THE PROPELLER ATTACHMENT ON THE FACE OF THE HUB. THE PROPELLER BLADE MOUNTING WHICH ATTACHES TO THE ENGINE HAD BROKEN OUT BETWEEN TWO STUD HOLES. THIS AREA SHOWS FATIGUE AS WELL AS DEFORMATION OF THE MOUNTING SURFACE.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 3/22/1984
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1545
Event Time Zone Central Standard Time
Event City LAKE VILLAGE
Event State ARKANSAS
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 71653
Event Date Year 1984
Event Date Month 3
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Unknown
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 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) --
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 90
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 8
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1800
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 25679
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N9541J
NTSB Number MKC84LA109
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 137: Agricultural
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 188B
Aircraft Series Identifier 188B
Aircraft Serial Number 18803819T
Certified Max Gross Weight 3300
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 1
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jan 9 1984 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 63
Airframe Hours 1300
ELT Installed No
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name STANDRIDGE FLYING SERVICE, INC
Aircraft Owner Street Address R.R. BOXB
Aircraft Owner City LAKE VILLAGE
Aircraft Owner State AR
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 71640
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
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Agriculture
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Unknown
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Unknown
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Unknown
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Aerial Application
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1545
Departure Time Zone CST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Takeoff
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 18
Runway Length 2600
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --