# NTSB ATL83LKW02: Cessna 152, N5270B, Nashville, TN, July 30, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: July 30, 1983, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Coordinates: 36.110252, -86.659812 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1103&lon=-86.6598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6221
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LKW02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6221/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LKW02

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Propeller/rotor contact to person, standing - engine(s) operating
  - passenger briefing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT PROPELLER STRUCK A DEPLANED FEMALE PASSENGER AS SHE PROCEEDED TO THE FRONT OF THE ACFT PRIOR TO ENGINE SHUTDOWN. THE PLT STATED THAT HIS ATTENTION WAS PRIMARILY ON THE FACT THAT THE IDLE RPM SEEMED HIGH TO HIM AND HE FAILED TO NOTE HIS PASSENGER EXIT THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5270B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5270B-1992-03-10), registration cancelled 1992-03-10, S/N 15283822 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15283822
- Airframe hours: 1555
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 112 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Daniel Philip King
- Registered owner: Omni Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 2, 1983, 63 hours before
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: BNA, Nashville Metro Airport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 170 total, 120 in this make and model, 130 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 93 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830730036619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830730036619A), Jul 30, 1983: Cessna 152, Nashville, TN. Deplaned passenger walked into turning propeller while pilots attention was diverted.

## Other investigations on N5270B (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 ATL87LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA239), Aug 23, 1987: Cessna 152 (N5270B), Lewisburg, KY, substantial damage

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.

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