# Accident 20041113032139A: Saab 340B, Milwaukee, WI, November 13, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2004, 22:05 local time
- Place: Milwaukee, WI
- Airport: General Mitchell Field
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CX7A
- Location: 42.9472° N, 87.8967° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9472&lon=-87.8967&mi=10
- Aircraft: N305CE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- Reported engine: GE CT79B
- People aboard: 27
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 24,290 total, 1,704 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041113032139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 13, 2004, AT 2205 CDT, A SAAB 340, N305CE, OPERATED BY ATP PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP AT MILWAUKEE GENERAL MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MKE). THE LEFT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, THE RIGHT ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND FEATHERED, THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE WERE CHOCKED AND THE CABIN DOOR HAD JUST BEEN OPENED TO DEPLANE. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT THE PILOTS AND OTHER GROUND CREW HEARD A LOUD THUMP AND UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT A GROUND PERSON BEEN STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER OF THE RIGHT ENGINE. THIS PERSON RECEIVED A SERIOUS HEAD INJURY AND A BROKEN ARM. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES THAT ACTUALLY SAW HIM WALK INTO THE PROP.

## 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 CHI05LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA028), Nov 14, 2004: Saab-Scania 340B (N305CE), Milwaukee, WI, no damage. Probable cause: Failure of the ramp employee to maintain clearance to the rotating propeller resulting in inadvertent contact with a propeller blade.

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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