# NTSB LAX06LA213: Cessna T210M, N761GW, Hayward, CA, June 25, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 25, 2006, 12:35 local (19:35 UTC) - Place: Hayward, CA - Coordinates: 37.658889, -122.121665 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6589&lon=-122.1217&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Fatal - Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal - Status: Completed, report May 29, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Teledyne Continental Motors, Cessna Aircraft Company, Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 63978 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX06LA213 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63978/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA213 ## Probable cause The passenger's failure to see and avoid the rotating propeller. ## 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 - visual lookout - inadequate, passenger (cause) - clearance - not maintained, passenger (cause) ## Analysis The airplane was standing with the engine operating when the passenger got out of the airplane and contacted the rotating propeller. The pilot stated that prior to the accident he and the passenger had flown to another airport. Following a brief stop, they flew to the accident airport. After landing the pilot taxied to the pad area where he turned the airplane around, positioning the nose to face the runways. The pilot began cooling down the turbocharged engine by maintaining low revolutions per minute (rpm), while keeping the airplane stationary. He planned to perform an approximate 5-minute cooling down period and then taxi the airplane to a parking area where he would shut down. After several minutes of the airplane standing, the passenger took off his headset, got out of the airplane, and walked into the rotating propeller. The pilot was not sure of the reasoning behind the passenger exiting the airplane but thought that he may have been getting impatient with the wait for the engine cool down. The pilot stated that the passenger was an experienced pilot; in recent years he mostly flew airplanes that were equipped with wing struts. ## Factual narrative On June 25, 2006, about 1235 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna T210M, N761GW, was standing with the engine operating when the passenger egressed the airplane and contacted the propeller at Hayward Executive Airport, Hayward, California. Aerial Advertising Services was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The commercial pilot, who owned Aerial Advertising Services, was not injured; the passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was not damaged. The personal local flight departed from Petaluma Municipal Airport, Petaluma, California, about 1200, with a planned destination of Hayward. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan had not been filed. During a telephone interview with a National Transportation Safety Board investigator, the pilot stated that prior to the accident he and the passenger had flown to Petaluma to watch several of his airplanes perform banner-towing operations. After a brief stop, they flew back to Hayward to watch another banner-towing operation of an Aerial Advertising Service's airplane. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 28R and taxied across 28L to the ramp area. When arriving in the pad area he turned the airplane around, positioning the nose to face the runways. The pilot further stated that he was cooling down the turbocharged engine by maintaining low revolutions per minute (rpm), while keeping the airplane stationary. He planned to perform an approximate 5-minute cooling down period and then taxi the airplane to a parking area where he would shut down. After several minutes of the airplane standing, the passenger took off his headset and egressed the airplane. The pilot was not sure of the reasoning behind the passenger exiting the airplane but thought that he may have been getting impatient with the wait for the engine cool down. An airplane in the taxi area in front of N761GW reported to the Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower that that the passenger had been struck by the airplane's propeller. The pilot stated that the passenger was an experienced pilot; in recent years he mostly flew airplanes that were equipped with wing struts. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N761GW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761GW-2008-03-21), registration cancelled 2008-03-21, S/N 21062255, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna T210M - Registry model: [Cessna T210M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (registry code 2073451) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 21062255 - Airframe hours: 3197.1 - Engines: Continental TSIO-520-R 310 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: No damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Aerial Advertising Services - Registered owner: Team Builders, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 1, 2006, 31.5 hours before - Departed: O69, Petaluma, CA - Destination: HWD, Hayward, CA - Airport: HWD, Hayward Executive Airport ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 57; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; last flight review March 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 1,861 total, 687 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 290° at 9 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 29.95 inHg - Observed at: HWD ## FAA reports on this event (2) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Incident 20060625016259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060625016259I), Jun 25, 2006: Cessna T210M, Hayward, CA, 1 fatal. (-23) After parking the aircraft and while the engine was still running for turbo cool-down, the right seat passenger exited the aircraft and walked straight… - [Accident 20060625030789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060625030789A), Jun 25, 2006: Cessna T210M, Hayward, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) After runup in the parking area, aircraft taxied and made a normal takeoff. At approximately 250 feet AGL, the engine lost power and the aircraft… ## Other investigations on N761GW (1) 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. - [NTSB LAX06LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06LA214), Jun 25, 2006: Cessna T210M (N761GW), Hayward, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of power for undetermined reasons. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.