NONE · Beech 1900D · 1998-05-04 · SYRACUSE, NY, USA
Event
NTSB number
NYC98IA106
Event ID
20001211X10175
Type
Incident
Date
1998-05-04
Location
SYRACUSE, NY, USA
Injuries
Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
14
Total aboard
14
Aircraft
Make
Beech
Model
1900D
Registration
N832CA
FAR Part
121
Engines
2
Damage
MINR
Conditions
Light
DAYL
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
Improper maintenance which resulted in a cross threaded\ mistapped counterweight bolt hole, and the subsequent failure of the propeller counterweight clamp assembly. Also causal was the inadequate inspection of the counterweight clamp threads by maintenance personnel which failed to detect the damaged counterweight threads.