# Accident 20031114035059A: Amtr OMF100160, Van Nuys, CA, November 14, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2003, 19:30 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2097° N, 119.4900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2097&lon=-119.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N290MF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N290MF-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: OMF OMF-100-160 (registry code 05611Y0, https://openairdocs.org/model/omf-omf-100-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR OMF100160
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 5 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031114035059A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT, AFTER DROPPING OFF ONE PASSENGER AND ESCORTING HER TO THE GATE, AND STARTED THE ENGINE. WHILE COMPLETING THE CHECKLIST, HEAD DOWN, HE HEARD A NOISE AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN HE SAW HIS PASSENGER IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT BLEEDING. SHE WAS STRUCK BY THE PROP IN THE LEFT ARM. SHE HAD COME BACK TO THE AIRCRAFT TO RETRIEVE SOMETHING SHE HAD LEFT BEHIND.

## 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 LAX04LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA045), Nov 15, 2003: OMF OMF-100-160 (N290MF), Van Nuys, CA, minor damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to either brief the passenger about disembarking from an airplane with the propeller running or to shutdown the engine during the passenger's disembarkation. The night lighting…

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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