Plane Crash List

Piper PA-23-250 N6505Y

27 December 1984 · New Philadelphi, Ohio, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 27 December 1984 at about 01:00 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N6505Y, operated by Appalachian Aviation, was involved in an accident near New Philadelphi, Ohio, 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.

The record

Date
at 01:00
Classification
Accident
Location
New Philadelphi, Ohio, United States
Coordinates
40.4804, -81.4391
Aircraft
Piper PA-23-250
Registration
N6505Y
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Appalachian Aviation
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Positioning
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
McArthur → Erie
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
CHI85LA079

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

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

PLT FELT VIBRATION AND REDUCED POWER ON BOTH ENGINES TO IDLE. PLT HEARD A 'THUD' AND DISCOVERED THE LEFT PROPELLER HAD SEPARATED CUTTING THROUGH THE NOSE OF THE ACFT AS IT DEPARTED. THE PROPELLER WAS NOT LOCATED. TWO OF THE SIX PROPELLER BOLTS REMAINED WITH THE ACFT. METALLURGICAL EXAM OF THE TWO BOLTS REVEALED FATIGUE PROGRESSION STEMMING FROM NUMEROUS ORIGINS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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