- Date
- October 1, 1990, 19:18 local (Oct 2, 1990, 00:18 UTC)
- Place
- St. Louis, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N426AMBritish Aerospace BAE Jetstream 3201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901001048389A
- Case key
- 14933
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Probable cause
Visual outlook inadequate by the ground personnel. Contributing factors were lack of total experience in type of operation and a dusk light condition.
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
After chocking the nose wheel, the newly employed company ground agent went under the wing, from behind, to the fuselage pod to unload cargo. Witnesses said he came forward and was struck by the spooling down propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N426AM
- Reported as
- British Aerospace BAE Jetstream 3201 (BAE JETSTR)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 874
- Engine
- Garrett DASH-12, 1,020 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Air Midwest, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- IL42 · Bloomington, IL
- Destination
- STL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- STL · Lambert
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 9,500 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 180 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL, 1 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.