- Date
- June 30, 1989, 08:35 local (13:35 UTC)
- Place
- Mer Rouge, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8341KGrumman G-164-B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890630018709A
- Case key
- 22731
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Probable cause
The failure of the individual struck by the taxiing airplane's propeller to visually perceive and avoid the airplane.
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 ag airplane was taxiing between parked airplanes and a hangar, after a flight, when a farmer walked into the the propeller. The farmer often came to the airstrip to sell his produce to the airstrip workers. Witnesses said the farmer was walking across the ramp toward his pickup, and when they saw the approaching airplane, they yelled a warning to him. The pilot said he was unaware there was anyone in front of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8341K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164-B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35C
- Airframe hours
- 5,800
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-34AG, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- William C. Norsworthy, doing business as Bonne Idee Aero Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bonne Idee Aero Services, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1989 · 300 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Bonne Idee, runway 18, 2,600 × 28 ft, asphalt
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 11,300 total · 6,600 in this make and model · 11,180 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 700 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLU, 23 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.