- Date
- September 18, 1983, 19:20 local (Sep 19, 1983, 02:20 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8052MCessna T210M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830918049339A
- Case key
- 23510
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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
After landing at night, the plt taxied to a non-illuminated ramp area & stopped to deplane the passenger, who held a student plt certificate. The purpose of the passenger deplaning in that area was for her to obtain a vehicle & meet the plt at the acft's normal parking space. The plt stated that he cautioned the passenger about the rotating propeller. After exiting the acft from the right side, the passenger walked directly forward & into the propeller which was turning at idle power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8052M
- Reported as
- Cessna T210M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21062031
- Airframe hours
- 646
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-R-1A, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Parsons Air
- Registered owner
- Howard Harrison
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1983 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- 004 · Carson City, NV
- Airport
- SNA · John Wayne, runway 19R, 5,700 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 52
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,955 total · 500 in this make and model · 6,700 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.