Beech 95 accident near Kingman, Arizona, August 29, 1993
On August 29, 1993 at about 4:53 pm local time, a Beech 95, registered N9CE, was substantially damaged in an accident near Kingman, Arizona (Kingman airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
the fatigue cracking of the propeller blade retention screw. A factor was the maintenance service bulletins for the propeller were not performed on the accident airplane.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- August 29, 1993 · about 4:53 pm local time
- Place
- Kingman, Arizona · Kingman · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Beech 95 · all 95s on the register
- Registration
- N9CE · registry record · serial TD-95
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The propeller separated from the left engine after experiencing a propeller blade separation from its hub assembly. The pilot landed, gear-up, in an open area. A metallurgical examination on the separated propeller blade revealed fatigue cracking of its retention screw. The retention screw was the subject of two service bulletins which were issued by the manufacturer on October 23, 1981, and August 27, 1982. These bulletins required replacement of the older retention screws with the newer retention screws at the next overhaul. The recommended overhaul time for this propeller assembly is five calendar years or 2,000 hours, whichever comes first. The engine log book revealed the last recorded propeller overhaul was performed on January 5, 1978.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instructor: instrument airplane; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 10,177 hours in all; 150 in this make and model; 84 in the last 90 days; 34 in the last 30 days; 10,065 as pilot in command; 4,710 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 5,493 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, November 5, 1992; 63 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 4,000 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: IGM at 4:52 pm
- Destination: GYR Goodyear AZ
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 21, 6,831 ft by 150 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Sky: scat at 5,000 ft
- Temperature: 73°F (23°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 2:45 pm from IGM, 1 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number LAX93LA338.