# NTSB ATL84LA072: Cessna 182B, N2354G, Spartanburg, SC, December 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 21, 1983, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Spartanburg, SC
- Coordinates: 34.929832, -82.009826 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9298&lon=-82.0098&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6401
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA072
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6401/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA072

## 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
  - procedures/directives - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - passenger briefing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT PROPELLER STRUCK A PASSENGER APPROACHING TO BOARD THE ACFT. THE PLT HAD STARTED THE ACFT FOR WARM-UP PRIOR TO THE BOARDING. THE PASSENGER STUMBLED APPROACHING THE ACFT AND FELL INTO THE REVOLVING PROPELLER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2354G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2354G), registered now, S/N 51654, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Registry model: [Cessna 182B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (registry code 2072706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 51654
- Airframe hours: 3833
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: C. N. Keith & B. L. Williams
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 15, 1983, 78 hours before
- Destination: AGS, AUGUSTA, GA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: SPA, Spartanburg Downtown Mem.

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 3,984 total, 360 in this make and model, 3,652 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GSP, 13 nm away

## 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 19831221064129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831221064129A), Dec 21, 1983: Cessna 182B, Spartanburg, SC. Boarding passenger stumbled and fell into idling propeller. Pilots medical was expired. Filed IFR but not rated.

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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