# Incident 20170109000289I: Cessna 150C, Lake Placid, FL, January 9, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2017, 13:00 local time
- Place: Lake Placid, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3026° N, 81.3715° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Placid, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3026&lon=-81.3715&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7845Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7845Z-2022-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150C (registry code 2071808, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,075 total, 600 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170109000289I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC STATED HE HAD FLOWN THE 17 YEAR OLD SUBJECT/PASSENGER ON A 8-10 MINUTE SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT IN HIS CE-150, AND HAD TAXIED BACK TO THE STAGING AREA AND PARKED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING AS ANOTHER PASSENGER WISHED TO FLY ALSO.  THERE HAD BEEN NO SPECIFIC BRIEFING ON HOW TO DEPLANE THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT BECAUSE THE SUBJECT HAD NOT INTENDED TO FLY AT THE TIME.  HOWEVER, THE PIC STATED HE HAD DELIVERED A PASSENGER BRIEFING ONCE THE SUBJECT ENTERED THE AIRCRAFT.

WITH THE ENGINE STILL RUNNING THE PIC'S SON (STUDENT PILOT AND FRIEND OF THE SUBJECT) APPROACHED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE REAR WITH PLANS TO SAFELY GUIDE HER.  THE SUBJECT HAD ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT ONCE BEFORE BUT WAS TOLD TO WAIT BY THE PIC.   THE SUBJECT THEN SAW HER BOYFRIEND APPROACHING THE AIRCRAFT, ASSUMED IT WAS NOW OK, THEN PROCEEDED TO DEPLANE BEFORE THE PIC COULD STOP HER.  LEAVING THE AIRCRAFT THE SUBJECT PLACED HERSELF DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THE ROTATING PROPELLER.  THE PIC'S SON AND BOYFRIEND BOTH SCREAMED FOR THE SUBJECT TO BACK AWAY FROM THE PROPELLER.  AS SHE TURNED AWAY THE PROPELLER STRUCK HER ON THE BACKSIDE OF HER LEFT ARM.

INITIALLY THE SUBJECT DID NOT EVEN REALIZE SHE HAD BEEN STRUCK; THERE WAS VERY LITTLE BLEEDING AND/OR PAIN.  THE PIC MADE ENSURED THE SUBJECT WAS EVENTUALLY SEEN AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE RECEIVED 7 STICHES; THE PIC ESTIMATED THE INJURY TO BE APPROXIMATELY 3-4" LONG AND 1/4" DEEP.  THERE WERE NO BROKEN BONES OR OTHER INJURIES.  A FULL RECOVERY IS ANTICIPATED.

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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