# NTSB LAX89LA328: British Aerospace 3201, N332QC, Bullhead City, AZ, July 27, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 26, 1989, 20:25 local (Jul 27, 1989, 03:25 UTC)
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Location: 35.1478° N, 114.5683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bullhead City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1478&lon=-114.5683&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 19 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 22, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26513
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX89LA328
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26513/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA328

## Probable cause

THE DEPLANING PASSENGER'S FAILURE TO OBSERVE A RAISED AND MARKED AREA IN THE PASSENGER CABIN FLOOR EXIT AISLE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS AND THE FUSELAGE FLOOR EXIT AISLE WAS DESIGNED WITH A RAISED AREA WHICH PARTIALLY OBSTRUCTED ITS USE.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Miscellaneous/other, standing - engine(s) not operating
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, passenger (cause)
  - acft/equip,inadequate design, manufacturer (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE DEPLANING AT NIGHT, A PASSENGER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN SHE TRIPPED AGAINST THE WING SPAR HUMP IN THE CABIN FLOOR MAIN EXIT AISLE. THE OPERATOR REPORTED THAT THE SPAR HUMP WAS VISIBLY MARKED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N332QC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BRITISH AEROSPACE 3201
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 818
- Engines: GARRETT TPE 331-12 1125 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: American Intl, doing business as Air La, Inc.
- Departed: LHU, LAKE HAVASU, AZ
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: P06, Bullhead Laughlin

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 7,084 total, 1,640 in this make and model, 5,266 as pilot in command, 185 in the last 90 days, 60 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19890726042759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890726042759A), Jul 26, 1989: Bag JETSTM3201, Bullhead City, AZ. Passenger tripped on wing spar hump in cabin during unloading. Ankle was fractured. Hump lighted and placarded.

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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