- Date
- July 25, 1993, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sunappee, NH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N36452Taylorcraft BF12-65
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930725025619A
- Case key
- 8796
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Probable cause
The passenger's failure to follow proper procedures and inadequate supervision by the pilot.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot and his passenger who is also a pilot flew to lake sunapee to escort his friends' homebuilt amphibian airplane that was being ferried by another pilot. According to the pilot, they landed and while taxiing from landing, the passenger was so excited that his airplane had flown well, that he exited the airplane just as the pilot shut the engine down and walked into the propeller. The pilot stated that the accident could have been prevented if he had assured the passenger remained in the airplane until shutdown.
Factual narrative
On Sunday, July 25, 1993, about 1730 eastern daylight time, the passenger of Taylorcraft BF12-65, N36452, exited the airplane and was struck by the propeller. The accident occurred after a landing at Sunapee Lake, Sunapee, New Hampshire. The airplane was owned and operated by Stuart Jones of Bradford, New Hampshire. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed. The certificated airline transport pilot was not injured; however, the passenger was seriously injured. The aircraft was not damaged. The flight was operated under 14 CFR 91.
According to pilot, he and his pilot rated passenger friend flew to Sunapee Lake to escort a homebuilt amphibian airplane his friend had built. He stated that they landed, "and was taxiing in after the other aircraft had beached. Bill was quite excited because his airplane had flown well. As we approached the beach Bill exited the airplane on the left side onto the float to observe for rocks and walked forward. He was struck by the propeller just as I shut down the engine by the mag switch." The pilot stated that the accident could have been prevented if he had assured the passenger remained in the aircraft until shutdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36452
- Reported as
- Taylorcraft BF12-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3268
- Airframe hours
- 375
- Engine
- Continental A-75-8, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stuart Jones
- Registered owner
- Stuart K Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 1992 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- Kezar Lakes, NH
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 68
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 15,062 total · 200 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LEB, 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.
Other investigations on N36452 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.