# NTSB LAX83FA076: Beech C-99, N64002, San Francisco, CA, January 20, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 19, 1983, 19:50 local (Jan 20, 1983, 03:50 UTC)
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Coordinates: 37.60992, -122.380256 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6099&lon=-122.3803&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 10 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23416
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FA076
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23416/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA076

## 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
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - procedures/directives - inattentive, ground personnel (cause)
  - clearance - not attained, ground personnel (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-99
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U-198
- Airframe hours: 542
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830119075949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830119075949A), Jan 19, 1983: Beech C99, San Francisco, CA, Minor damage. Ground person walked into idling propeller as she tried to retrieve chocks to set under wheels. Fatally injured.

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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