# Accident 20221109017419A: Piper PA-28, Allentown, PA, November 9, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2022, 11:25 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Lehigh Valley International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6483° N, 75.4406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6483&lon=-75.4406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8543E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8543E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 130 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221109017419A

## Narrative

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

ALLENTOWN, PA (ABE): ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PA28, WHILE PARKED ON THE RAMP AT HANGAR 9 PRIOR TO DEPARTURE WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, STRUCK AN INDIVIDUAL WITH THE PROPELLER. THE INDIVIDUAL WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH LACERATIONS. INJURIES: UNKNOWN, DAMAGE: NONE. 11/09/2022 1625Z.

ON 11/09/2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1123 LOCAL TIME, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS CONDUCTING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WITH A PRIVATE PILOT STUDENT. AFTER RECIEVING THEIR CLEARANCE TO TAXI THEY REALIZED THAT THE CHOCKS WERE NEVER REMOVED FROM THE NOSEWHEEL. WITHOUT SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINE THE INSTRUCTOR EXITED THE AIRPLANE AND REMOVED THE CHOCKS. SHE THEN GAVE THE STUDENT THE "THUMBS UP" TO INDICATE THAT CHOCKS HAVE BEEN REMOVE AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME HER HAND WAS STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF MULTIPLE FINGERS. THE RIGHTSIDE OF HER HIP WAS ALSO STRUCK WHICH RESULTED IN A LARGE CUT REQUIRING STITCHES. THE STUDENT WITNESSED THE EVENT AND IMMEDIATLY SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND CALLED THE FBO FOR WHO THEN DISPATCHED AIRPORT OPERATIONS WHERE THEY PROVIDED HELP TO THE INSTRUCTOR UNTIL MEDICAL PERSONNEL ARRIVED.

## 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 ERA23LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA055), Nov 9, 2022: Piper PA-28-140 (N8543E), Allentown, PA, no damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s decision to remove the nosewheel chock while the engine was still operating.

## Other reports on N8543E (2)

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

- [Incident 20150406003059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150406003059I), Apr 6, 2015: Piper PA-28-140 (N8543E), Allentown, PA, Minor damage. Subject flight was an instrument instructional flight with CFII occupying right seat and private pilot occupying left seat. VMC prevailed, winds reported 180…
- [Incident 19780709042959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780709042959I), Jul 9, 1978: Piper PA28/ (N8543E), Orchard, ID, Minor damage. Student pilot struck a fence post after landing at his grandfathers Private roadway.

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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