- Date
- January 10, 1988, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Converse, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N46701Cessna 172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880110000409A
- Case key
- 14029
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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 plt had flown one closed circuit pattern of the local arpt and landed to pick up two additional passengers. Purpose of the local flight was for sightseeing. The acft was parked with engine at idle. One boarding passenger approached the acft from the left rear, saw the other pax boarding on the right side, and was proceeding around the front of the acft when she was struck by the propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46701
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172257437
- Airframe hours
- 1,610
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Quinn, Schafer, Ferris
- Registered owner
- David P Ferns
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 7, 1987 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- 1L8 · Converse, IN
- Airport
- 1L8 · Converse
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 113 total · 110 in this make and model · 88 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.