Fan blade on Dart broke today

Just thinking out loud here. Could the belt have come of then hit the fan? That may have been enough to brake it.

I would buy that, but when I went to cut it off, there was not a mark anywhere on the belt. I wanted to cut through the frayed part but couldn't find one. It makes absolute sense though. I saved the belt. I am driving down tomorrow morning to bring down a head for my daughter's car. I will look it over more closely then. And I will take off the rest of the fan.