# NTSB FTW85LA313: Cessna 182Q, N9457, Follett, TX, August 9, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 9, 1985, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Follett, TX
- Coordinates: 36.43085, -100.139831 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4308&lon=-100.1398&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21819
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA313
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21819/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA313

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Propeller/rotor contact to person, standing - engine(s) operating
  - passenger briefing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, passenger (cause)

## Analysis

THE PASSENGER HAD DEPLANED TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY ARTICLES FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND APPARENTLY WAS NOT CAUTIONED BY THE PIC TO BE CAREFUL OF THE ROTATING PROPELLER. AS SHE RETURNED TO THE AIRCRAFT TO RE-BOARD SHE WALKED INTO THE OBSERVED ROTATING PROPELLER AND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9457 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18266445
- Airframe hours: 2328
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Henry E. Koch
- Last inspection: Annual, January 1, 1985
- Airport: TX80, Follett Lipscomb Co.

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; commercial, flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 9,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 8,500 as pilot in command, 290 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 106 °F

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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