Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Caratagena Colombia
Saturday, January 12, 2002 12:00 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

About 5 minutes after takeoff, a propeller blade separated adjacent to the propeller hub of the number 2 (right) engine. The crew felt high vibrations in the airplane and the number 2 engine's low oil pressure warning light illuminated. When the pilots attempted to shut down the engine, the fuel lever jammed. They then shut the engine down by pulling the fire handle. The airplane returned to Caratagena for an emergency landing. There were no injuries or additional damage resulting from the landing. The airplane sustained minor damage to the number 2 engine's cowling and an adjacent propeller blade was fractured at about the midspan area. Examination of the engine revealed that both of the forward engine mounts had broken and the engine sagged to the bottom of the engine cowling. Examination of the fractured propeller blade end revealed that blade separation resulted from a fatigue fracture near the base of the blade. Corrosion was found at the fracture sight. On February 1, 2002, the propeller manufacturer (Hamilton Sundstrand) issued Alert Service Bulletin 568F-61-A33, "Propellers-Blades-Removal of 568F Propeller Blades from Service," which requires that propeller blades serial numbers 1 to 1698 be removed from service and inspected. On February x, 2002, the Safety Board issued two safety recommendtaions(A-02-XX and -XX) to the FAA on the subject blade inspections, repairs, and modifications. The Aeronautica Civil-Colombia is conducting the investigation of this incident.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 1/12/2002
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1200
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City Caratagena
Event State --
Event Country COLOMBIA
Zipcode of the event site --
Event Date Year 2002
Event Date Month 1
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 --
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Unknown
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions --
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Unknown
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) --
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) --
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator --
Wind Speed (knots) --
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 41
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency Foreign
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source Aeronautica Civil Colombia
NTSB Notification Date Jan 14 2002 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 830
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Mar 7 2003 3:41PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\HAMG
Basic weather conditions --
FAA District Office AAI-100

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number --
NTSB Number DCA02WA018
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Non-U.S., Commercial
Type of Flight Plan filed --
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Minor
Aircraft Fire --
Aircraft Explosion --
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name ATR
Aircraft Model 42-500
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number --
Certified Max Gross Weight --
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class Foreign Reg./Foreign Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft --
Number of Engines --
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection --
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed --
ELT Activated --
ELT Aided Location of Event Site --
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name --
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City --
Aircraft Owner State --
Aircraft Owner Country --
Aircraft Owner Zipcode --
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country CO
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger Only
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) --
Second Pilot on Board --
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code --
Departure City Cartagena
Departure State --
Departure Country CO
Departure Time --
Departure Time Zone --
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code --
Destination City Bucaramanga
Destination State --
Destination Country CO
Specific Phase of Flight Climb - to cruise
Report sent to ICAO? Yes
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Mar 7 2003 3:41PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\HAMG
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location --
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --