- Date
- May 6, 2023, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tahlequah, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2294LBeech F33A
- Defining event
- Standing-engine(s) operating: AC/prop/rotor contact w person
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20230506008659A
- Case key
- 174540
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to remove the wheel chocks before engine start which resulted in the inadvertent contact with the propeller while the engine was running.
Findings · 3
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 stated that after he started the airplane engine, he realized that the wheel chocks were still in place on the nose landing gear tire. He set the parking brake and exited the airplane with the engine still running. As the pilot removed the chocks, they inadvertently hit the propeller and pulled his arm into the propeller arc. The pilot sustained a serious injury to his right arm. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The airplane sustained minor damage to the propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2294L
- Reported as
- Beech F33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE-676
- Built
- 1976
- Airframe hours
- 6,435
- Engine
- TCM IO-520BA, 285 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jc Flying Services Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TQH · Tahlequah, OK
- Airport
- TQH · Tahlequah Muni
- Equipment
- Unknown
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
- 55
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- None
- Restraint
- None
- Flight hours
- 22,650 total · 1,030 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 11 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.90 inHg
- Observed at
- KTQH
- METAR
- METAR KTQH 061855Z AUTO 17011G17KT 10SM SCT043 31/17 A2990 RMK AO2=
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 29, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 431 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.