- Date
- May 2, 1985, 02:49 local (07:49 UTC)
- Place
- Indianapolis, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N68103Cessna 404
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850502039699A
- Case key
- 12899
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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.
Propeller/rotor contact to person
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The right prop struck a person who was loading freight onto the acft. The plt reported that he had started the right eng to bring it up to operating temp to deforst the windscreen. He stated the eng had been running for aprx 3 minutes when he felt something strike the acft. The acft was chocked and the brakes were set when the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68103
- Reported as
- Cessna 404
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4040854
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Napier Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 1, 1986 · 1,283 hours before
- Departed
- IND
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,103 total · 498 in this make and model · 3,736 as pilot in command · 239 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.