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August 15, 2009 · Cessna 182 B · N2364G

Caddo Mills, TX

Overview

Report Status
Final with probable cause
Event Type
Accident
Date
August 15, 2009
Injury Outcomes
1 injury (1 serious injury), 4 uninjured
Location
Caddo Mills, TX
Aircraft
Cessna 182 B
Tail Number
N2364G
Operator
North Texas Skydiving Center
Injuries
Serious
Aircraft Damage
Minor
NTSB Number
CEN09LA525

The airplane landed from a skydiving flight with a remaining passenger after three parachutists had jumped from the airplane. The engine was not shut down and the airplane was pointed toward the vehicle waiting for the passenger to deplane. When the passenger exited the airplane, a ground crewmember leaned toward the airplane to talk to the pilot while the passenger went around the right side of the airplane. The passenger walked forward into the rotating propeller. Federal Aviation Administration guidance information states that stopping the engine is the most effective way to ensure passengers arrive and depart the vicinity of an airplane safely. When necessary to discharge a passenger from an aircraft on which an engine is running, it advises that the pilot should never stop the aircraft with the propeller in the path of the passenger’s route from the aircraft.

NTSB Probable Cause

The failure of the operator to ensure that the airplane engine was shutdown during passenger unloading and the lack of adequate supervision of the passenger by the pilot and ground crewmember.

Full Narrative

On August 15, 2009, about 11380 central daylight time, the rotating propeller of a Cessna 182B, N2364G, struck a deplaning passenger at the Caddo Mills Municipal Airport (7F3), Caddo Mills, Texas. The airplane was registered to an individual and was operated by North Texas Skydiving Center LLC under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The passenger was seriously injured and the pilot, who was the only other person remaining on board, was not injured. The flight had originated from 7F3 and had been conducting multiple flights to drop sport parachutists. According to the pilot, he had just landed after three parachutists had jumped from the airplane with one passenger remaining aboard. He stopped the airplane with its nose pointed toward a parked vehicle where the next group of parachutists was waiting to board. A ground crewmember arrived at the right cabin door and assisted the exit of the passenger while the engine and propeller were still operating. As the ground crewmember leaned in to speak to the pilot, the passenger went around the outboard side of the right wing strut and walked toward the group of persons waiting to board for the next flight. The passenger provided a written statement that she was on-board this flight to observe a group of parachutists and that she intended to later that day go up with an instructor for her first tandem jump. After the three parachutists had jumped, the airplane landed on the runway and taxied back toward the place where the next group of parachutists was waiting. The passenger was sitting aft-facing on the forward right side cabin floor when the airplane came to a stop. A ground crewmember came to the open right cabin door, tapped the passenger’s foot, and told her she was “good to go.” As she was exiting the airplane, the ground crewmember leaned in to talk to the pilot. The passenger then exited the right door of the airplane and walked forward toward the waiting vehicle when she was struck by the operating propeller. Several witnesses said the passenger did not appear to see the propeller as she slowly walked toward the parked vehicle. Inspectors from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) examined the airplane and found damage to two of the propeller blades and damage to the parachute worn by the passenger at the time of the accident. According to FAA Advisory Circular 91-42D "Hazards of Rotating Propeller and Helicopter Rotor Blade” A review of propeller accidents indicates that most were preventable. A propeller under power, even at slow idling speed, has sufficient force to inflict fatal injuries. On page 4 it cautions that the engine “should be shut down before boarding or deplaning passengers”...”when it is necessary to discharge a passenger from an aircraft on which an engine is running, never stop the aircraft with the propeller in the path of the passenger’s route from the aircraft.”

Flight

Event TypeAccident
Event Time11:38 CDT
Nearest AirportCaddo Mills Municipal Airport (1nm)
Runway17R
Runway Length4000 ft
Runway Width75 ft
Flight Plan FiledNone
Flight Plan ActivatedNo
Aircraft FireNo
Aircraft ExplosionNo

Aircraft

AircraftCessna 182 B
Tail NumberN2364G
Aircraft CategoryAir
DamageMinor
OperatorNorth Texas Skydiving Center
Operating RulePart 91
Engines1
Engine TypeReciprocating
Engine DetailsContinental · O470 · Reciprocating · 235
Seats1

People & Injuries

Injury Summary1 injury (1 serious injury), 4 uninjured
Fatal0
Serious1
Minor0
Uninjured4
Total5
Crew 1Age 83 · Second Class · None

Conditions

ConditionsVMC
LightDaylight
Wind180° @ 9 kt, gusting 18 kt
Visibility10 sm
CeilingNone
Temperature / Dew Point70 F
Altimeter29.96 inHg
Observation Time15:53
Weather SourceWFAC

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