# Accident 20040115000579A: Cessna U206G, Kelleys Island, OH, January 15, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 2004, 17:50 local time
- Place: Kelleys Island, OH
- Airport: Kelleys Island Fld Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6047° N, 82.6856° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6047&lon=-82.6856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9940M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9940M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206G (registry code 2073356, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040115000579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT, WHO LIVES ON AIRPORT PROPERTY, TAXIED THE PERSONAL NIGHT FLIGHT INTO HIS DRIVEWAY TO LET PASSENGERS OFF. BOTH PASSENGERS HAD BEEN CONSUMING ALCOHOL PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. PILOT LEFT ENGINE RUNNING, AND GOT OUT OF THE SINGLE DOOR CESSNA 206 TO LET THE PASSENGERS OUT AND HELP WITH BAGGAGE. PARKING BRAKE WAS SET. NO CHOCKS WERE IN PLACE. PASSENGER WALKED INTO THE RUNNING PROPELLER INCURRING SERIOUS INJURY TO HIS UPPER ARM, BROKEN COLLARBONE AND LACERATIONS TO THE BACK. IMPACT STOPPED THE ENGINE AND BENT THE PROPELLER BACK SEVERAL INCHES. AS OF THIS DATE, PASSENGER IS STILL HOSPITALIZED. NOTIFICATION TO FAA CAME FROM AN ANONYMOUS CALL FROM ISLAND RESIDENT TO COMM CENTER. PILOT DID NOT NOTIFY FSDO OR NTSB BUT WAS COOPERATIVE WHEN CONTACTED.

## 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 NYC04LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA058), Jan 16, 2004: Cessna U206G (N9940M), Kelleys Island, OH, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper decision to unload passengers and leave the airplane unattended while the engine was running, and the passenger's inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in an inadvertent…

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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