# Accident 19911012045899A: Aerosp ATR42320, Bridgeport, CT, October 12, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1991, 06:20 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Igor I Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: BRIA
- Location: 41.1635° N, 73.1262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport (BDR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1635&lon=-73.1262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25811, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25811-2004-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR 42-320 (registry code 8680930, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-aeritalia-atr-42-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW121 (registry code 52124, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw121) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42320
- Reported engine: PWA PW121
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,400 total, 800 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC92LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911012045899A

## Narrative

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

RAMP AGENT WAS STRUCK BY RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER WHILE ASSISTING LOADING BAGGAGE.

## 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 NYC92LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92LA005), Oct 12, 1991: Aerospatiale ATR-42-320 (N25811), Bridgeport, CT, minor damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE EMPLOYEE'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURES AND THE DIVERSION OF HER ATTENTION WHICH RESULTED IN HER BEING STRUCK BY A SPINNING 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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