# Accident 20091109050989A: Cessna 150L, Thomasville, PA, November 9, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2009, 11:45 local time
- Place: Thomasville, PA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9169° N, 76.8706° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9169&lon=-76.8706&mi=10
- Aircraft: N976HB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N976HB-2019-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091109050989A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WALKED INTO ROTATING PROPELLER ARC AND RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURY TO LEFT ARM, AFTER USING GROUND VEHICLE BATTERY TO ASSIST WITH AIRCRAFT ENGINE START.

## 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 ERA10CA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA058), Nov 9, 2009: Cessna 150 (N976HB), York, PA, no damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with a rotating propeller.

## Other reports on N976HB (1)

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

- [Accident 20160227002319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160227002319A), Feb 27, 2016: Cessna 150L (N976HB), Gettsyburg, PA, Destroyed. Normal take-off from W05 runway 24, normal engine indications at 2400 rpm's during take-off. At 800 feet AGL rpm's dropped to 1700. Carburetor heat had no…

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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