Serious incident Piper PA-28-181 Archer II HK-2078-G, Sunday 15 September 2013

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Date:	Sunday 15 September 2013
Time:	14:00
Type:	Piper PA-28-181 Archer II
Owner/operator:	Escuela de Aviación de los Andes S.A
Registration:	HK-2078-G
MSN:	28-7890465
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Serious incident
Location:	Sopó - Colombia
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	SKGY
Destination airport:	SKGY
Investigating agency:	Aerocivil
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Forced landing in a field.

Probable cause
The Accident Investigation Group determined that the main cause of the Major Incident was the separation in flight of a section of the propeller blade, due to the ductile fracture due to fatigue that led to a forced landing in an unprepared field.
Contributing Factors
Inadequate application of procedures for the inspection of non-destructive wells (a McCauley propeller procedure was used for the NDT inspection of a Sensenich propeller)

Accident investigation:


Investigating agency:	Aerocivil
Report number:
Status:	Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report:	Final report

Sources:

http://www.rcnradio.com/noticias/cae-avioneta-de-instruccion-en-sopo-cundinamarca-8947
http://www.aerocivil.gov.co/autoridad-de-la-aviacion-civil/investigacion/Incidentes%20Historicos/HK2578.pdf

Media:

@rcnlaradio imagenes de la avioneta accidentada segundos después de su aterrizaje de emergencia pic.twitter.com/lNBNAqQ5Hs
— Jose Luis Mendoza (@JoseLMendozaS) September 16, 2013

Revision history:

Date/time Contributor Updates

16-Sep-2013 05:51 Mao Added

16-Sep-2013 05:53 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ]

12-Jul-2020 08:12 KagurazakaHanayo Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ]

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-Sep-2013 05:51	Mao	Added
16-Sep-2013 05:53	harro	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ]
12-Jul-2020 08:12	KagurazakaHanayo	Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ]

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