# Accident 19900708024959A: Mclish FUNKB, White Cloud, MI, July 8, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1990, 11:38 local time
- Place: White Cloud, MI
- Airport: White Cloud Airport
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5509° N, 85.7703° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5509&lon=-85.7703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77721, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77721) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Funk B85C (registry code 5480208, https://openairdocs.org/model/funk-b85c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCLISH FUNKB
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 97 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI90DEM06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90DEM06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900708024959A

## Narrative

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

PILOTS WIFE GOT OUT OF AIRCRAFT TO DISLODGE ITEM IN LANDING GEAR WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF,WAS STRUCK BY PROPELLER.

## 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 CHI90DEM06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90DEM06), Jul 8, 1990: Funk, D.D. B-85C (N77721), White Cloud, MI, no damage. Probable cause: THE PASSENGERS DISREGARD OF THE PILOT'S INSTRUCTIONS AND HER FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM THE PROPELLER.

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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