# Accident 20070211001219A: Cessna 172R, Lancaster, TX, February 11, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2007, 19:30 local time
- Place: Lancaster, TX
- Airport: Lancaster Airport
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5792° N, 96.7189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5792&lon=-96.7189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124SJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172R
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07CA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070211001219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN RENTED SUBJECT AIRCRAFT AND TOOK HIS MOTHER AND TWO OF HIS SISTER'S FRIENDS FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT AROUND THE LANCASTER AREA. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES, RETURNED AND TAXIED UP TO THE LANCASTER FBO PARKING AREA AND STOPPED MOVEMENT AND REMAINED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. THE AIRMAN'S SISTER, WHO HAD REMAINED ON THE GROUND, RAN OUT TO THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE INTENTION OF TAKING PICTURES WITH A CAMERA AND TO ALSO SWAP PLACES WITH HER MOTHER WHO WAS POSITIONED IN THE FRONT RIGHT SEAT. WITNESS STATED SHE SAW THE DAUGHTER TAKING PICTURES ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE, THEN RUN AROUND THE FRONT OF THE AIRPLANE TO SWAP PLACES WITH HER MOTHER. HER MOTHER STATED SHE SAW HER DAUGHTER ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT TAKING PICTURES, HEARD A LOUD THUD AND HER DAUGHTER DISAPPEARED FROM SIGHT. THE MOTHER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND SAW HER DAUGHTER LYING ON THE GROUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH SERIOUS INJURIES.

## 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 DFW07CA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA069), Feb 11, 2007: Cessna 172 (N124SJ), Lancaster, TX, no damage. Probable cause: The spectator's inadvertent contact with the turning propeller while the airplane was standing with the engine operating. A contributing factor was the dark night conditions.

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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