- Date
- March 16, 1985, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Apple Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1359WMooney M20C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24681
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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
Upon landing & taxiing off the rwy the ATP certificated plt was unable to locate the desired acft hangar in which the acft was to be parked. The plt & his 15-year-OLD pax observed a bystander near their acft. The plt directed the pax to exit the acft & ask the bystander where the hangar was located. The plt failed to shut down the engine. The pax reported he exited the acft and walked toward the bystander using the most direct route because the bystander was preparing to enter another acft. The pax walked on the wing, around the door and jumped off the leading edge of the right wing striking the windmilling propeller. The pax reported the plt failed to brief him on the proper way to enter and exit the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1359W
- Reported as
- Mooney M20C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2673
- Airframe hours
- 1,833
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles R. Down
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BUR · Burbank, CA
- Destination
- APV · Apple Valley, CA
- Airport
- APV · Apple Valley
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
- 33
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,040 total · 7 in this make and model · 2,950 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
Other investigations on N1359W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.