- Date
- November 17, 1982, 13:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place
- New Hudson, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7730CPiper PA-28-151
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821117062509A
- Case key
- 71977
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was giving a plane ride to his brother, his brother's grandson and the child's mother. The child's grandmother wanted to take pictures and walked into the parking area next to the taxiway. While looking through the viewfinder, her depth perception was affected. She walked too close to the taxiway and into the path of the plane's wing. She was struck by the wing tip (a glancing blow on the side of her head). Subsequently, she fell and broke her left clavicle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7730C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-151
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287615062
- Airframe hours
- 629
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- B.W. Webb
- Registered owner
- B.W. Webb
- Departed
- Y47 · New Hudson, MI
- Destination
- Y47 · New Hudson, MI
- Airport
- Y47 · New Hudson
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 601 total · 547 in this make and model · 547 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.