- Date
- September 20, 1991, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Frankston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N9908YChampion 7-GCB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910920042019A
- Case key
- 23399
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Probable cause
The ground person did not understand the verbal instructions.
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 instructor pilot asked a friend to help push the float plane from the shoreline by the right wing tip. A student pilot was onboard the aircraft and the engine was operating. The ground person first pushed on the right strut then on the right float. The instructor yelled at him not to push at those locations. He then shut the engine off, but before the propeller stopped, the ground person lifted his head and was struck by a blade.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9908Y
- Reported as
- Champion 7-GCB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 122
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Danny L. Duggan
- Registered owner
- Danny L. Duggan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 17,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9908Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.