# NTSB investigations, 1987: Propeller/rotor contact to person

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB DEN88LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA034.md): Cessna 177RG · Great Falls, MT · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 6, 1987 · N8035G · Minor damage
  > The private plt was preparing for departure on an IFR flight plan. After finding that the starter would not operate properly, the plt tried to manually repositon the propeller. The ignition was still on and the engine fired. The propeller struck the plt's…
- [NTSB NYC88LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA056.md): Piper PA-28R-201 · Beaver Falls, PA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 11, 1987 · N8364N · No damage
  > During hand-propping of Piper PA-28R, the passenger slipped and fell into the turning prop. He received a serious head injury.
- [NTSB MIA87LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA265.md): CASA 212-200 · San Juan, PR · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 30, 1987 · N436CA · No damage
  > The co-plt was helping the passengers de-plane while the plt remained in the acft with the engines winding down after shutdown. The plt stated that he observed a commotion outside the acft and shortly thereafter exited it. He then realized that an individual,…
- [NTSB CHI87FA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87FA185.md): Cessna 120 · Oshkosh, WI · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 5, 1987 · N76249 · No damage
  > The plt was taxiing out of the antique/classic camping area at Oshkosh with the assistance of wing walkers when he stopped to permit the pax (his wife) to perform an errand. The pax deplaned & went under the outer 1/3 of the wing strut, then walked back into…
- [NTSB ATL87LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA143.md): Beech B100 · Birmingham, AL · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · May 19, 1987 · N753D · Minor damage
  > The lineman walked into the prop arc of the operating rt engine and was fatally injured after disconnecting a ground power unit (gpu) cable from the rt engine nacelle. The lineman initially approached the nacelle from the rear, but walked forward into the…
- [NTSB LAX87LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA111.md): Cessna T210L · El Cajon, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 8, 1987 · N5275V · No damage
  > The plt indicated that he and his wife were planning to fly together, but at the last minute his wife changed her mind. She exited the acft and departed the area to the rear of the plane. The plt was taxiing from his parking spot when his wife suddenly…
- [NTSB CHI87DEE04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87DEE04.md): Cessna 172 · Plainfield, IL · Accident · 1 fatal · Final report · Feb 2, 1987 · N2968U · No damage
  > While taxiing for takeoff, the aircraft became stuck in a snowbank. The pilot and passenger got out of the aircraft to free it. The passenger walked into the propeller of the running engine and received fatal injuries.
- [NTSB CHI87DER02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87DER02.md): Cessna 150M · Lakeville, MN · Accident · Serious injuries · Final report · Jan 31, 1987 · N714QW · Minor damage
  > The student & instructor (CFI) were preflighting the acft to fly on a cold morning. To facilitate better eng starting, the CFI elected to turn the prop while the student 'pushed the primer in.' He told the student to check that the mag & master sws were off &…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE year(c."eventDate") = 1987
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT o.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 370)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?occurrence=370&year=1987

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