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FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Noblesville, IN · September 29, 2000

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Date
September 29, 2000 · 16:30 local
Place
Noblesville, IN
Airport
Noblesville Airport
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4108J
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
235 total110 in this make and model31 in the last 90 days
N4108JRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-22421 · Built 1966Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)The pilot had pulled the airplane up to the access road and then shut down the airplane. Next he drove the fuel truck over to the location where the airplane was parked. He started to refuel the airplane but found the fuel truck was empty. The pilot then moved the fuel truck out of the way and went back to the airplane. His passenger decided to walk to the fuel island while the pilot taxied the airplane over to the island. The pilot started the airplane and started a left turn. However, the location where the fuel truck was parked would not permit the right wing to clear. The pilot yelled out to his passenger through the pilot's side window vent for help. The passenger came over to the left wing halfway down in front of the leading edge. The pilot yelled for him to move the fuel truck. The passenger walked to the fuel truck, but went straight to the truck and not around the nose of the airplane. The pilot saw the passenger was going to walk into the propeller and yalled at the passenger while he shut down the engine. The passenger walked at a 45-degree angle onto the left backside of the ascending propeller. The passenger received a serious injury to his right arm above the elbow and right side. The passenger did loose his right arm below the elbow.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE PILOT HAD PULLED THE AIRPLANE UP TO THE ACCESS ROAD AND THEN SHUT DOWN THE AIRPLANE. NEXT HE DROVE THE FUEL TRUCK OVER TO THE LOCATION WHERE THE AIRPLANE WAS PARKED. HE STARTED TO REFUEL THE AIRPLANE BUT FOUND THE FUEL TRUCK WAS EMPTY. THE PILOT THEN MOVED THE FUEL TRUCK OUT OF THE WAY AND WENT BACK TO THE AIRPLANE. HIS PASSENGER DECIDED TO WALK TO THE FUEL ISLAND WHILE THE PILOT TAXIED THE AIRPLANE OVER TO THE ISLAND. THE PILOT STARTED THE AIRPLANE AND STARTED A LEFT TURN. HOWEVER, THE LOCATION WHERE THE FUEL TRUCK WAS PARKED WOULD NOT PERMIT THE RIGHT WING TO CLEAR. THE PILOT YELLED OUT TO HIS PASSENGER THROUGH THE PILOT'S SIDE WINDOW VENT FOR HELP. THE PASSENGER CAME OVER TO THE LEFT WING HALFWAY DOWN IN FRONT OF THE LEADING EDGE. THE PILOT YELLED FOR HIM TO MOVE THE FUEL TRUCK. THE PASSENGER WALKED TO THE FUEL TRUCK, BUT WENT STRAIGHT TO THE TRUCK AND NOT AROUND THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT SAW THE PASSENGER WAS GOING TO WALK INTO THE PROPELLER AND YALLED AT THE PASSENGER WHILE HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE PASSENGER WALKED AT A 45-DEGREE ANGLE ONTO THE LEFT BACKSIDE OF THE ASCENDING PROPELLER. THE PASSENGER RECEIVED A SERIOUS INJURY TO HIS RIGHT ARM ABOVE THE ELBOW AND RIGHT SIDE. THE PASSENGER DID LOOSE HIS RIGHT ARM BELOW THE ELBOW.