# Accident 19990728010019A: Aerosp ATR42500, Little Rock, AR, July 28, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1999, 11:27 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: C2XA
- Location: 34.7300° N, 92.2307° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7300&lon=-92.2307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14451, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14451-2000-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale ATR42-500 (registry code 8680948, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-atr42-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP ATR42500
- Reported engine: PWA PW127
- People aboard: 36
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,748 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99FA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA201) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990728010019A

## Narrative

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

CONTINENTAL EXPRESS AIRLINES ACFT WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP, CHOCKED, AND ITS ENGINES WERE SHUTTING DOWN WHEN A STATION MANAGER WALKED INTO ONE OF THE PROPELLERS AND WAS FATALLY INJURED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.4)THE TURBO-PROPELLER AIRPLANE WAS STANDING WITH BOTH ENGINES RUNNING WHEN THE STATION MANAGER INADVERTENTLY WALKED INTO A ROTATING PROPELLER.  WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP ON THE RAMP, AND THE STATION MANAGER WALKED FROM BEHIND THE LEFT WING TOWARD THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE.  ACCORDING TO THE WITNESSES, THE STATION MANAGER APPEARED TO BE LISTENING TO, OR TALKING ON, A SHOULDER MOUNTED RADIO AND THEN LOOKED UP AT THE PEOPLE IN THE TERMINAL.  HE LOOKED BACK DOWN AND CONTACTED THE LEFT 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 FTW99FA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99FA201), Jul 28, 1999: Aerospatiale ATR-42-500 (N14451), Little Rock, AR, minor damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The station manager's inadvertent encounter with the rotating propeller due to his diverted attention.

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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