Plane Crash List

Cessna 172 N4297F

28 December 1987 · Goodyear, Arizona, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 December 1987 at about 00:05 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N4297F was involved in an accident near Goodyear, Arizona, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:05
Classification
Accident
Location
Goodyear, Arizona, United States
Nearest airport
Goodyear (GYR)
Coordinates
33.3698, -112.3799
Aircraft
Cessna 172
Registration
N4297F
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Lancaster → Chandler
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
LAX88LA070

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 0 0 3

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

DURING A CROSS COUNTRY FLT WHILE CRUISING AT 7500 FT MSL, THE ACFT BEGAN TO VIBRATE SEVERELY. THE PLT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THAT A SECTION OF ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES HAD SEPARATED. THE ACFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED IN FLIGHT DURING THE VIBRATION. THE SEPARATED PORTION OF THE BLADE WAS NEVER LOCATED. THE REASON FOR THE SEPARATION WAS NOT DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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