- Date
- February 8, 1987, 12:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- El Cajon, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5275VCessna T210L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870208002279A
- Case key
- 25519
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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
The plt indicated that he and his wife were planning to fly together, but at the last minute his wife changed her mind. She exited the acft and departed the area to the rear of the plane. The plt was taxiing from his parking spot when his wife suddenly appeared on the left side of the acft. He stopped the acft, but his wife continued to move forward and walked into the acft's propeller. The propeller struck the right side of her body severing the right arm, lacerating herright chest cavity, and lacerating the inner portion of the right thigh. A EMS helicopter located at the arpt was calledand arrived 7 min later. The medical crewmembers administered additional first aid and applied a tourniquet. The victim was evacuated 20 min after the accident. The plt later indicated that his wife was returning to the acft to get her purse.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5275V
- Reported as
- Cessna T210L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 210 60890
- Airframe hours
- 1,227
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520H, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Russell C. Napier
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 4, 1987
- Departed
- SEE · El Cajon, CA
- Airport
- SEE · Gillespie
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 290 total · 100 in this make and model · 220 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 77 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SEE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.