ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167316
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| Date: | Sunday 22 June 2014 |
| Time: | 11:17 |
| Type: |  Bede BD-4 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N108BC |
| MSN: | 153 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Engine model: | FORD CONVERSION |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | East of Fairfield Municipal Airport (KFFL), Fairfield, IA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fairfield, IA (KFFL) |
| Fairfield, IA (KFFL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A witness reported seeing the airplane take off, make a 90-degree left turn, descend, and subsequently collide with terrain about 600 ft east of the runway. A postimpact fire ensued. During the examination of the accident site, all of the airplane’s structure was found except for the propeller blades. The day after the accident, the airport manager found two of the three propeller blades while he was mowing grass. Photographs of the two propeller blades showed damage consistent with the in-flight separation of the blades. Neither blade exhibited impact or thermal damage. The breaks at the hub were not bent but pulled straight out. The reason for the in-flight separation of the propeller blades could not be determined.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control due to the in-flight separation of the propeller blades for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=108BC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 September 2015 | C-FLJS | Private | 1 | West of Stoney Creek Airport (CPF6), Stoney Creek, ON |  |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jun-2014 00:49 | Geno | Added |
| 23-Jun-2014 00:59 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jun-2014 10:17 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Damage] |
| 29-Jun-2014 05:07 | Geno | Updated [Time, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 15:02 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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