# Accident 20170303001189A: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Conway, AR, March 3, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2017, 18:30 local time
- Place: Conway, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0200° N, 92.5550° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0200&lon=-92.5550&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3028G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3028G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17CA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17CA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170303001189A

## Narrative

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

ON MAR 3, 2017 AT APPX 1830 HOURS LOCAL A CESSNA 162 REG# N3028G, SER# 16200095 WAS BEING OPERATED AS A 14 CFR 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT LOCALLY AT CANTRELL FIELD, CONWAY, AR (CXW) IN VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE SPORT RATED PILOT LANDED POST RUNWAY MIDPOINT AND ENTERED THE GRASS IMMEDIATELY UPON TURNING ONTO THE LAST TAXIWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO RE-ENTER THE TAXIWAY SO THE PILOT THROTTLED DOWN THE ENGINE AND EXITED THE ACFT TO INSPECT THE SITUATION. UPON ATTEMPTING TO PUSH THE ACFT BACK UNTO THE TAXIWAY THE PILOT NOTED THE FREE WHEELING NOSEGEAR WAS CANTED AGAINST THE CONCRETE PREVENTING THE ACFT FROM ROLLING BACK ONTO THE TAXIWAY. HE WALKED TOWARD THE NOSE TO GET A BETTER VIEW AND ENCOUNTERED THE PROP. THE PROP STOPPED ON CONTACT. HE RECEIVED DEEP GASHES TO HIS TORSO AND RIGHT THIGHT BUT DID NOT LOSE CONCIOUSNESS. THE SOLE PASSENGER, HIS MINOR SON, CALLED 911. THE PILOT WAS AIRLIFTED TO A LITTLE ROCK HOSPITAL WHERE HE UNDERWENT SUCCESFUL SURGERY AND IS RECOVERING AT HOME.  DUE TO THE SUDDEN PROP STOP THE ENGINE IS UNDERGOING A PRECAUTIONARY TEARDOWN INSPECTION.

## 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 CEN17CA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17CA116), Mar 4, 2017: Cessna 162 (N3028G), Conway, AR, no damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to shut down the engine before exiting the airplane and his failure to focus his attention on the task at hand, which led to his walking into a rotating propeller.

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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