Cessna 177RG N45696

Summary

On 9 October 1982 at about 16:20 local time, a Cessna 177RG registered N45696, operated by Harvey Monk, was involved in an accident near Montgomery, Alabama, 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

9 October 1982 at 16:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Montgomery, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Dannely Field (MGM)

Coordinates

32.4005, -86.3305

Aircraft

Cessna 177RG

Registration

N45696

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Harvey Monk

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Montgomery → Montgomery

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83FA008

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

AFTER ADVANCING THE THROTTLE ABOUT 1/2 OF ITS TRAVEL TO COMMENCE THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE PLT HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION & FELT A VIOLENT SHAKING OF THE ACFT. THE ENG QUIT & THE ACFT SWERVED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY. POST CRASH EXAMINATIONREVEALED THAT ONE ENTIRE PROPELLER BLADE HAD BEEN THROWN FROM THE PROPELLER HUB. THE FATIGUE FAILURE ORIGINATED AT A LOCATION ACROSS THE HUB FROM THE OPEN AREA & PROPOGATED OVER APPROXIMATELY 80% OF THE SURFACE BEFORE BREAKING AWAY IN OVERLOAD. THE FATIGUE ORIGINATED FROM AN AREA OF A METAL DEFECT IN THE FORM OF OVERHEATED MELTED MATERIAL. A DISCOLORED IRREGULAR AREA EXISTED ALONG THE OUTER RADIUS OF THE ORIGIN AREA, & DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THIS AREA DISCLOSED SPHERICAL PORES & STRUCTURE INDICATIVE OF FUSED METAL. THE FATIGUE STRIATIONS EMANATED FROM THE BASE OF THE POROUS & FUSED ZONE. A SPECIFIC CAUSE OF THE DEFECT WAS NOT IDENTIFIED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.