# NTSB ATL92LA034: Cessna 177B, N13564, Memphis, TN, January 8, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 8, 1992, 07:14 local (13:14 UTC)
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Coordinates: 35.170921, -89.860809 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1709&lon=-89.8608&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 13, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 8550
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL92LA034
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8550/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA034

## Probable cause

THE PASSENGER'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURES TO WALK BEHIND THE AIRPLANE. FACTORS WERE THE DAWN LIGHT CONDITIONS AND THE LIGHT RAIN.

## Analysis

THE AIRPLANE WAS STANDING WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. A PERSONAL FLIGHT HAD BEEN MADE TO THE AIRPORT TO DROP OFF TWO PASSENGERS. AFTER EXITING THE AIRPLANE, ONE PASSENGER ASSISTED HIS WIFE TO DEPLANE. SHE WAS PROVIDED AN UMBRELLA BY A LINE PERSON, THEN SHE PROCEEDED TO THE TERMINAL. THE HUSBAND REFUSED AN UMBRELLA. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT AND THE LINE PERSON, AS THE MALE PASSENGER WALKED AWAY FROM THE AIRPLANE, HE WALKED INTO THE PROPELLER.

## 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 - not followed, passenger (cause)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dawn (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N13564](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13564), registered now, S/N 17702437, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Registry model: [Cessna 177B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (registry code 2073708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17702437
- Airframe hours: 2821
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A1F6D 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Cleary, Peter J.
- Registered owner: Cleary, Robert W.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 4, 1992, 1 hours before
- Departed: UOX, OXFORD, MS
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MEM, Memphis Intl

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 439 total, 395 as pilot in command, 49 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Dawn
- Wind: 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 200 ft broken
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MEM, 1 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 19920108000319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920108000319A), Jan 8, 1992: Cessna 177B, Memphis, TN. Passenger disembarked and walked into the idling propeller.

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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