# Incident 20000929031169I: Piper PA28140, Noblesville, IN, September 29, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2000, 16:30 local time
- Place: Noblesville, IN
- Airport: Noblesville Airport
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0035° N, 85.9645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NOBLESVILLE (I80), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0035&lon=-85.9645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4108J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4108J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 235 total, 110 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000929031169I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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