# NTSB FTW94LA182: Cessna 182P, N6504M, Boerne, TX, May 19, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 18, 1994, 20:45 local (May 19, 1994, 01:45 UTC)
- Place: Boerne, TX
- Coordinates: 29.800994, -98.729583 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8010&lon=-98.7296&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 November 14, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 19074
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW94LA182
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/19074/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA182

## Probable cause

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF HIS DEPLANING PASSENGER.

## 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
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND STOPPED THE AIRPLANE ON THE RAMP AND REDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE.  THE PILOT WAS TALKING TO A PERSON OUT HIS LEFT WINDOW WHEN THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER DEPLANED FROM THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR AND WALKED INTO THE PROPELLER, SEVERING HER LEFT HAND.

## Factual narrative

On May 18, 1994, at 2045 central daylight time, a deplaning passenger of Cessna 182P, N6504M, sustained serious injuries near Boerne, Texas.  The private pilot was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local personal flight.

During a telephone interview the pilot reported the airplane was on the ramp area with the engine power at idle speed of 500 RPM's.  The pilot was talking to another person, who had walked up to the airplane at his left side window, when the passenger, who was in the right front seat, deplaned.  The passenger departed the ramp area toward the front of the airplane and her left hand was severed by the propeller.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6504M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6504M), registered now, S/N 18263734, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18263734
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-S 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Anderson, Douglas C.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 5C1
- Destination: 5C1
- Airport: 5C1, Boerne Stage Field, runway 17, 3,400 × 36 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 455 total, 72 in this make and model, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19940518016429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940518016429A), May 18, 1994: Cessna 182P, San Antonio, TX. Passenger deplaned and walked into idling prop on the ramp. Impact severed her hand. Pilot not observing exit.

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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