- Date
- May 25, 1994, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Roland, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N3848DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940525012539A
- Case key
- 19072
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Probable cause
Both the pilot and passenger's failure to follow procedure/directives.
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-in-command stopped the airplane near a hangar to take care of the passenger's physiological need. The pilot briefed the passenger to stay clear of the propeller and to exit toward the rear of the airplane. While the pilot was unbuckling his parachute, he looked up and saw the passenger walk into the propeller.
Factual narrative
On May 25, 1994, at 1400 central daylight time, a Cessna 180A, N3848D, passenger was fatally injured by a propeller strike near Roland, Arkansas. The airplane sustained minor damage. The commercial pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local business flight.
A telephone interview with the pilot revealed that the passenger had a physiological need. The pilot taxied the airplane to the hangar near the facility. He briefed the passenger to stay clear of the propeller and to exit toward the rear of the airplane. While the pilot was unbuckling his parachute, he looked up and saw the passenger walk into the propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3848D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34548
- Airframe hours
- 3,900
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Arkansas Skydive Aircraft Inc
- Registered owner
- Kelvin Wyrick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1994 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Pecan Grove
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 769 total · 202 in this make and model · 636 as pilot in command · 154 in the last 90 days · 41 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 17 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.