View Full Version : SA Airlink JS41 sheds a blade, cabin punctured
EternalNY1
4th Jan 2022, 18:36
A SA Airlink Jetstream JS-41, registration ZS-NRJ performing a charter flight from Johannesburg to Venetia Mine (South Africa), was on approach to Venetia Mine when a bird impacted the right hand propeller causing one of the blades to separate and penetrate the cabin. The aircraft continued for a safe landing.
https://avherald.com/h?article=4f2a35e6&opt=0
TowerDog
4th Jan 2022, 18:46
Holly Sh!t..:ooh:
Glad the pax survived it, close call would be an understatement..
Reminds me of a DC-6 that shed a blade on an inboard motor, it went through the cabin and took out the opposite inboard as well,
If those seats were occupied the pax should buy lotto tickets immediately.
terrain safe
4th Jan 2022, 18:52
Holly Sh!t..:ooh:
Glad the pax survived it, close call would be an understatement..
Reminds me of a DC-6 that shed a blade on an inboard motor, it went through the cabin and took out the opposite inboard as well,
If those seats were occupied the pax should buy lotto tickets immediately.
I thought a DC-6 was a piston engined aircraft.
widgeon
4th Jan 2022, 19:02
I thought a DC-6 was a piston engined aircraft.
Look at the pictures , I do not thing that turboprops are any less or more likely to shed a propellor blade than an piston engine aircraft
dixi188
4th Jan 2022, 20:26
Never sit in line with the props!
N707ZS
4th Jan 2022, 22:47
Interesting to see the wood in the propeller.
RatherBeFlying
5th Jan 2022, 01:26
Nice that it was composite and got stopped at the opposite fuselage wall before doing mischief to the opposite engine.
DaveReidUK
5th Jan 2022, 08:15
Interesting to see the wood in the propeller.
aka "Natural Composite (https://www.mt-propeller.com/pdf/stcflyer/FL057US.pdf)" :O
The Flying Stool
5th Jan 2022, 09:33
I'm amazed they have wooden props. My turboprop exposure has been limited to king airs which have either metal or carbon fibre props. Do many turboprops have wooden blades?
Losing props was a feature of the big piston days, PanAm Statocruiser ditching enroute west coast to Hawaii being one of the more famous, another example was the B-29 pictured below, prop overspeed on number #4, prop came off and took out #3 and #2 while also slicing through the fuselage severing the captains controls. Shortly after the #4 prop problem began by good fortune they dropped the Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket they were carrying, the pilot would have been killed when the prop came off. Co-pilot took control and made a safe single engine landing, some unknown by the name of Neil Armstrong. In the mans own words at 6:20.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJzOIh2eHqQ&t=404s
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x400/1641431444_ab46ee67d3cc892cd9aba176224e3245e2fa842d.jpeg