# Accident 19950722024569A: Cessna 337G, Holland, MI, July 22, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1995, 01:30 local time
- Place: Holland, MI
- Airport: Tulip City Airport
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7676° N, 86.0986° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Holland, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7676&lon=-86.0986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53449, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337G (registry code 2075730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA231) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950722024569A

## Narrative

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

DURING RUNUP AT END RUNWAY. PASSENGER EXITED ON HIS OWN TO WIPE DEW OFF WINDSHIELD. BACKED INTO PROPELLER. (-23) THE FLIGHT WAS TO RETURN TO THE CHICAGO, IL AREA. THE PILOT TAXIED TO THE END OF RUNWAY 26 FOR RUNUP. THE PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRPLANE, WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION, TO WIPE DEW OFF THE WINDSHIELD AND BACKED INTO THE PROP. INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE PILOT.

## 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 CHI95LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA231), Jul 22, 1995: Cessna 337H (N53449), Holland, MI, no damage. Probable cause: the passenger's improper decision to exit the airplane with the engine(s) running.

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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