Plane Crash List

Cessna 172K N84034

28 September 2000 · Burns, Oregon, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 28 September 2000 at about 22:45 local time, a Cessna 172K registered N84034 was involved in an accident near Burns, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 22:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Burns, Oregon, United States
Coordinates
42.9104, -118.6501
Aircraft
Cessna 172K
Registration
N84034
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Burns → Aurora
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
SEA00LA194

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The separation of a portion of one propeller blade as a result of a fatigue crack that initiated at the site of foreign object damage to the blade.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During a climb in turbulent conditions, the most-outboard five inches of one propeller blade separated from the aircraft. Due to the violent vibration that followed, the pilot shut the engine off and made an emergency landing in an open field. An examination at the NTSB materials laboratory determined that the blade section had separated due to a fatigue crack that had propagated through two-thirds of the chord of the blade. The origin of the fatigue crack was determined to be an area on the leading edge where the blade had been damaged by impact with a foreign object.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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