# Accident 19781229041759A: Cessna 182H, Decatur, AL, December 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1978
- Place: Decatur, AL
- Airport: Pryor Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 34.6541° N, 86.9454° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRYOR FLD RGNL (DCU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6541&lon=-86.9454&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1933X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1933X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 365 total, 65 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FKJ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKJ18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781229041759A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT'S EMPLOYEE WALKED INTO PROPELLER WHEN BRINGING AN ARTICLE TPAX ON BOARD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA79FKJ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FKJ18), Dec 29, 1978: Cessna 182 (N1933X), Decatur, AL, minor damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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