- Date
- May 13, 1984, 22:28 local (May 14, 1984, 03:28 UTC)
- Place
- Nashville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N733GYCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840513018149A
- Case key
- 6456
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported that after he & his passengers were aboard the acft, the eng was running & ground control had cleared him to taxi when he discovered that the left main wheel was still chocked, preventing forward movement of the acft. He was setting his parking brake when the passenger in the right front seat unstrapped & exited the acft, without any instruction from the plt. The plt initiated an eng shutdown; however, he was unable to shut it down before the passenger walked forward into the arc of the propeller. The plt stated that the lights on top of the hangar provided good illumination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733GY
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268295
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald C. Marshall/Werremeyer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1983
- Departed
- BNA
- Destination
- 313 · Terre Haute, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BNA · Nashville Metro
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 381 total · 380 in this make and model · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.