# Accident 20081106850819A: Cessna 172S, Frederick, MD, November 6, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2008, 19:00 local time
- Place: Frederick, MD
- Airport: Frederick Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4175° N, 77.3742° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4175&lon=-77.3742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1242C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1242C-2011-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 176 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081106850819A

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND PASSENGER HAD JUST ARRIVED AT FDK AIRPORT WITH PLANS TO GO TO DINNER. THE PASSENGER, SEATED IN THE LEFT SEAT, EXITED THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE ENGINE WAS FULLY SHUT DOWN AND STARTED WALKING INTO THE TERMINAL. IN THE DARKNESS, SHE DID NOT SEE THE PROPELLER AND CAME INTO CONTACT WITH IT, PARTIALLY SEVERING HER RIGHT ARM AT THE WRIST.

## 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 ERA09CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA041), Nov 7, 2008: Cessna 172 (N1242C), Frederick, MD, no damage. Probable cause: The passenger’s failure to avoid the rotating propeller after exiting the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to include deplaning procedures as part of the passenger…

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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