- Date
- March 3, 1991, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- St.Croix Falls, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1340HAeronca 15AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910303003679A
- Case key
- 15017
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Probable cause
Failure to conduct a passenger safety briefing, and inadequate supervision, by the pilot in command. A factor related to the accident is the passenger's inattentiveness.
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
Pilot and passenger returned from local flight and taxied to hangar at private airstrip. An automobile was parked between taxiway and hangar. Passenger exited airplane on right side to go move automobile. After exiting, passenger walked forward through the propeller. Engine was at idle power, approximately 500 RPM. Pilot did not brief passenger on propeller hazard.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1340H
- Reported as
- Aeronca 15AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15AC-380
- Engine
- Continental C-145-2, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert C. Jacobs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- NONE · Flying J
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 714 total · 50 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STP, 32 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.