- Date
- March 26, 1993, 18:45 local (Mar 27, 1993, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lee'S Summit, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N354KPBeech 35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930326007329A
- Case key
- 15691
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper procedures during ground operations.
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 stated it was dark out when they returned to their home base after a pleasure trip. A car was parked next to the hangar, and the pilot rated passenger decided to 'get out and walk the wing' because of the close quarters. The pilot reported the airplane was stopped and he was looking out the left side window as the passenger stepped out on the wing. He stated '...I turned around just as she jumped off the aircraft from the front side...right into the propeller...obviously not thinking about what she had...done.' The passenger is a private pilot with about 800 hours total flight time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N354KP
- Reported as
- Beech 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-7612
- Airframe hours
- 3,200
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Midwest Executive Aircraft,Inc
- Registered owner
- Midwest Executive Aircraft,Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1993 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- MHL · Marshall, MO
- Airport
- K84 · Lee'S Summit
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 250 in this make and model · 650 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.