- Date
- January 19, 1983, 19:50 local (Jan 20, 1983, 03:50 UTC)
- Place
- San Francisco, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 10 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N64002Beech C-99
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830119075949A
- Case key
- 23416
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft propeller struck a station agent who was assisting in the parking of the acft. After signaling the acft to stopthe agent placed her lighted wanes on the ramp and moved toward the stationary acft to get the wheel chocks. As she approached the chocks she walked into the rotating propeller of the left engine. She had 12 years of ramp experience andhad met all training requirements, including ramp safety procedures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64002
- Reported as
- Beech C-99
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U-198
- Airframe hours
- 542
- Engine
- P&W PT6-36A, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Wings West Airlines, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Beech Acceptaince Corp., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 6, 1983 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- SBP · San Luis Obispo, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,598 total · 738 in this make and model · 2,150 as pilot in command · 193 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 280° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.