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Accident · Minor damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182B · Caddo Mills, TX · August 15, 2009

Date: August 15, 2009 · 11:30 local
Place: Caddo Mills, TX
Airport: Caddo Mills Municipal
Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2364G
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN09LA525
Reported as: Cessna 182B
Reported engine: Continental O470*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,148 total4,000 in this make and model44 in the last 90 days

N2364GRegistered now · Cessna 182BS/N 51664 · Built 1958 Airframe modelCessna 182B Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On August 15, 2009 at approximately 1130 CST the rotating propeller of a Cessna 182B, N2364G, struck and injured a deplaning passenger at the Caddo mill municipal airport (7F3), Caddo Mills Texas. The flight was being conducted as a part 91 parachute jump operation. No flight plan had been filed. The flight had been conducting multiple flights to drop sport parachutists and the passenger had been on-board the airplane to observe jump operations. At the time of the accident, the airplane was stationary on the side of the runway with the engine operating and the pilot was speaking with the person who had come to assist the passenger off the aircraft. The passenger exited the right door of the airplane and walked forward toward a waiting vehicle when she was struck by the operating propeller. The passenger was seriously injured and the pilot, who was the only other person remaining on board, was not injured. The airplane received minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUGUST 15, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 CST THE ROTATING PROPELLER OF A CESSNA 182B, N2364G, STRUCK AND INJURED A DEPLANING PASSENGER AT THE CADDO MILL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (7F3), CADDO MILLS TEXAS. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED AS A PART 91 PARACHUTE JUMP OPERATION. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT HAD BEEN CONDUCTING MULTIPLE FLIGHTS TO DROP SPORT PARACHUTISTS AND THE PASSENGER HAD BEEN ON-BOARD THE AIRPLANE TO OBSERVE JUMP OPERATIONS. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE AIRPLANE WAS STATIONARY ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE ENGINE OPERATING AND THE PILOT WAS SPEAKING WITH THE PERSON WHO HAD COME TO ASSIST THE PASSENGER OFF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PASSENGER EXITED THE RIGHT DOOR OF THE AIRPLANE AND WALKED FORWARD TOWARD A WAITING VEHICLE WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK BY THE OPERATING PROPELLER. THE PASSENGER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE ONLY OTHER PERSON REMAINING ON BOARD, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CEN09LA525Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCaddo Mills, TXThe failure of the operator to ensure that the airplane engine was shutdown during passenger unloading and the lack of adequate supervision of the passenger by the pilot and ground crewmember.Aug 15, 2009 · Minor damage

Other reports on N2364G · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19811108079909INormal Cruise · Magee, MSSkydiver parachute collapsed about 25 feet due to gust striking down trimmed chute.Nov 8, 1981