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Accident

FAA accident report · Piper PA28140 · Ft Pierce, FL · January 25, 1980

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Date: January 25, 1980 · 20:30 local
Place: Ft Pierce, FL
Airport: St. Lucie Co
Phase of flight: Idling Engines
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Aircraft: N2278T
Reported as: Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 80 total80 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

N2278TRegistration cancelled Nov 14, 2013 · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-7135180 · Built 1971 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Passenger departed airplane with engine running. Fell or walked into propeller. Seriously injured.

As the FAA filed it

PASSENGER DEPARTED AIRPLANE WITH ENGINE RUNNING. FELL OR WALKED INTO PROPELLER. SERIOUSLY INJURED.