# NTSB LAX87LA111: Cessna T210L, N5275V, El Cajon, CA, February 8, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 8, 1987, 12:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Coordinates: 32.789737, -116.960014 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7897&lon=-116.9600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report May 2, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25519
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA111
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25519/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA111

## 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
  - clearance - not maintained, other person (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5275V), registered now, S/N 21060890, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210L
- Registry model: [Cessna T210L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (registry code 2073449) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 210 60890
- Airframe hours: 1227
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870208002279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870208002279A), Feb 8, 1987: Cessna T210L, El Cajon, CA. Wife of pilot walked into spinning propeller as she returned to taxiing aircraft to get her purse.

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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