# NTSB CEN17LA217: Piper PA 28-235, N3082T, Harrisonville, MO, June 8, 2017 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 8, 2017, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC) - Place: Harrisonville, MO - Coordinates: 38.550277, -94.406112 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5503&lon=-94.4061&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Taxi: AC/prop/rotor contact w person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/081) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious - Status: Completed, report June 5, 2018 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 95330 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN17LA217 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95330/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=95330 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA217 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain a safe distance between the airplane and a person on the ground, which resulted in serious injuries to the person. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Other (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-28-235, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=7102810), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Attention/monitoring: monitoring other person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535): Personnel issues › Psychological · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-28-235, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md?model=7102810), [All aircraft, 200 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02021535/cases.md) - [Object/animal/substance: person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022035): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Awareness of condition (probable cause); cases with it: [Piper PA-28-235, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022035/cases.md?model=7102810), [All aircraft, 17 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022035/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Taxi: AC/prop/rotor contact w person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/081) (defining event); cases with it: [Piper PA-28-235, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/081/sequence.md?model=7102810), [All aircraft, 61 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/081/sequence.md) ## Analysis When the private pilot taxied the airplane to park, he was taxiing past his friend, who was using a camera to record the airplane. The pilot felt a thump and could not see his friend, so he turned the airplane around and saw his friend lying on the ground. The friend sustained serious injuries. The airplane sustained damage to the left wingtip. Weather at the time of the accident was a clear sky with no restrictions to visibility. ## Factual narrative On June 8, 2017, about 0900 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28-235 airplane, N3082T, struck a person while taxiing at a private airstrip near Harrisonville, Missouri. The private pilot was not injured, and a pilot-rated pedestrian was seriously injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by a private individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which operated without a flight plan. The flight originated from the Lawrence Smith Memorial Airport (KLRY), Harrisonville, Missouri, and the airplane landed on a private airstrip about 4 miles southwest of KLRY.According to information obtained by the responding Federal Aviation Administration inspector and sheriff's deputy, when the pilot taxied the airplane to park, he was taxiing past his friend (the pilot-rated pedestrian) who was using a camera to record the airplane. He felt a thump and could not see his friend, so he turned the airplane around and saw his friend laying on the ground. The friend was transported to the hospital. The airplane had damage to the left wingtip. An automated weather reporting facility near the accident site reported a clear sky with no restrictions to visibility. An NTSB Form 6120 was not submitted by the pilot. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N3082T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3082T), registered now, S/N 28-7310002, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA 28-235 (235) - Registry model: [Piper PA-28-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (registry code 7102810) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 28-7310002 - Year built: 1972 - Engines: LYCOMING O-540 SERIES 250 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Minor damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: LRY, HARRISONVILLE, MO - Destination: Harrisonville, MO - Airport: Priv, Private Airstrip ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 210° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 54 °F - Altimeter: 30.10 inHg - Observed at: KLRY, 5 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 20170608009449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170608009449A), Jun 8, 2017: Piper PA-28-235, Harrisonville, MO, Minor damage. During rollout after landing on a private grass strip, the aircraft wingtip hit a photographer who was filming the landing from the edge of the runway. The… ## Other investigations on N3082T (1) 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. - [NTSB FTW73FPA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FPA24), Feb 15, 1973: Piper PA-28 (N3082T), Dallas, TX, substantial damage ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 12, 2018, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=95330. 378 KB in all. - Pilot's Statement (item 1, .PDF, 117 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40460791&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%27s%20Statement-Master.PDF - News Report (item 2, .PDF, 46 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40460792&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=News%20Report-Master.PDF - Photo (Courtesy of FAA) (item 3, .PDF, 1 photo, 214 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40460793&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.