- Date
- March 3, 2017, 18:30 local (Mar 4, 2017, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Conway, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3028GCessna 162
- Defining event
- Standing-engine(s) operating: AC/prop/rotor contact w person
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 2017
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20170303001189A
- Case key
- 94813
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to shut down the engine before exiting the airplane and his failure to focus his attention on the task at hand, which led to his walking into a rotating propeller.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot was conducting a local personal flight. The pilot said he developed "unnecessary anxiety" and hurried his landing due to approaching traffic. He failed to brake aggressively and, as a result, was unable to turn in time to exit the runway. The airplane rolled off the taxiway and became bogged down in the wet grass from a previous rain. Instead of shutting the engine off, the pilot closed the throttle to idle, exited the airplane, and tried to push the airplane with the left strut. "Without thinking," the pilot walked toward the nosewheel to inspect the airplane and walked into the rotating propeller.
Factual narrative
On March 3, 2017, about 1830 central standard time, a Cessna 162, N3028G, became stuck in the mud after landing at Cantrell Field Airport (KCXW), Conway, Arkansas. The pilot exited the airplane in an attempt to dislodge it and was struck by the rotating propeller, sustaining serious injuries. The passenger was not injured. The airplane was not damaged. The airplane was registered to and operated by Toadsuck Sport Aviation, LLC, under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the local flight that originated from KCXW about 1730. The pilot said he developed "unnecessary anxiety" and hurried his landing due to approaching traffic. He failed to brake aggressively. As a result, he was unable to turn in time and rolled off the taxiway due to excessive speed. The airplane bogged down in the wet grass from a previous rain. The pilot closed the throttle to idle, exited the airplane, and tried to push the airplane with the left strut. "Without thinking," the pilot walked towards the nose wheel to inspect the airplane and walked into the rotating propeller. The pilot of the landing traffic saw the commotion and rendered aid. The passenger called 9-1-1, and paramedics and a helicopter arrived shortly thereafter. The pilot was airlifted to a nearby hospital. The pilot indicated he suffered abdominal and leg injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3028G
- Reported as
- Cessna 162
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 16200095
- Built
- 2011
- Engine
- Continental O-200-D, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Toadsuck Sport Aviation, LLC
- Registered owner
- Toadsuck Sport Aviation, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- KCXW · Conway, AR
- Destination
- KCXW · Conway, AR
- Airport
- KCXW · Cantrell Field Airport, runway 22, 5,500 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 41
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificates
- Student, Sport Pilot
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Seat
- None
- Restraint
- None
- Flight hours
- 35 total · 15 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 290° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.39 inHg
- Observed at
- KLIT, 23 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 18, 2017, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 108 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.