# NTSB BFO85LA022: Cessna 182, N3950D, Waynesboro, VA, March 3, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 3, 1985, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Waynesboro, VA
- Location: 38.0769° N, 78.9444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAGLE'S NEST (W13), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0769&lon=-78.9444&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): 11164
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO85LA022
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11164/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85LA022

## 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, pilot in command
  - procedures/directives - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - misjudged, passenger (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT TAXIED THE ACFT TO THE RUN-UP AREA AND STOPPED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. THE PASSENGER, A RATED HELICOPTER PILOT, EXITED THE AIRPLANE TO RETRIEVE A PORTABLE COMMUNICATIONS RADIO. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT, THE PASSENGER DUCKED UNDER THE WING STRUT AND WALKED FORWARD INTO THE PROPELLER WITH THE ACFT REMAINING STATIONARY THRU-OUT THE OCCURRENCE. THE PASSENGER, WHO RECEIVED SERIOUS SHOULDER AND BACK LACERATIONS, FELT THAT HE HAD CLEARED THE PROP ARC AND THAT THE ACFT MOVED & STRUCK HIM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3950D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3950D-2014-10-06), registration cancelled 2014-10-06, S/N 34650, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34560
- Airframe hours: 6387
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Caleb Glick
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 16, 1985
- Airport: W13, Waynesboro

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 37 total, 4 in this make and model, 13 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CHO, 23 nm away

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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