# NTSB ERA12CA291: North American SNJ-6, N452WA, Kissimmee, FL, November 11, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 11, 2011, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Coordinates: 28.29, -81.441108
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2900&lon=-81.4411&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Standing: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 13, 2012
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 83438
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA12CA291
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/83438/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83438
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA291

## Probable cause

The passenger’s fall from the airplane during a normal egress.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Personnel issues](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02050000): Personnel issues › Miscellaneous · Passenger (probable cause); cases with it: [North American SNJ-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02050000/cases.md?model=6400422), [All aircraft, 29 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02050000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Standing: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [North American SNJ-6, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=6400422), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)

## Analysis

At the conclusion of an introductory flight, the passenger was disembarking from the vintage military training-type airplane when she fell, fracturing her leg. The passenger stated that she did not receive a briefing before the flight. However, according to the operator of the airplane, the passenger had practiced boarding and disembarking from the airplane the day before with no difficulty, and, on the day of the accident, she did not follow the instructor's directions for disembarking.

## Factual narrative

At the conclusion of a introductory flight, the passenger was disembarking the vintage military training-type airplane when she fell, fracturing her leg. The passenger stated that she did not receive a briefing prior to the flight. However, according to the operator of the airplane, the passenger had practiced boarding and disembarking the airplane the day prior with no difficulty, and on the day of the accident did not follow the instructor's directions for disembarking.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N452WA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N452WA), registered now, S/N 112034, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORTH AMERICAN SNJ-6
- Registry model: [North American SNJ-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-snj-6) (registry code 6400422) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R1340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (registry code 52016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 112034
- Airframe hours: 9826
- Engines: P&W R1340 SERIES 600 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Warbird Adventures Inc
- Registered owner: Warbird Adventures Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 8, 2011
- Departed: ISM, Kissimmee, FL
- Destination: ISM, Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: ISM, Kissimmee Gateway Airport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; flight hours: 2,200 total, 1 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Observed at: ISM

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 10, 2012, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=83438. 2.9 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 2.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40369976&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Passenger Statement (item 2, .PDF, 204 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40369977&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Passenger%20Statement-Redacted.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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