- Date
- March 3, 1994, 18:45 local (Mar 4, 1994, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sacramento, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N22682Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940303003499A
- Case key
- 28684
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Probable cause
the child's disregard for prescribed safety procedures which was compounded by the diminishing lighting conditions existing at the time, and her lack of familiarity with an aviation environment.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that she had just returned from a flight and had taxied to a point on the ramp where she had arranged to deplane her passenger, a 12 year-old child, with the assistance of an adult escort. The aircraft's engine was at idle with the propeller rotating at about 800 rpm's during the deplaning operation. As she watched her passenger deplane, she happened to glance toward the front of the aircraft in time to see a second child running toward the aircraft. Before she could shut down the engine, the child was struck by the propeller. The propeller strike caused serious injuries to the child, but no damage to the aircraft. The child had been instructed previously not to approach the aircraft without an adult escort.
Factual narrative
On March 3, 1994, at 1845 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 150H, N22682, was involved in a propeller strike to a person on the ground while deplaning a passenger at Sacramento, California. The aircraft was owned and operated by the pilot and was on a local area pleasure flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan had been filed for the operation. The certificated private pilot and her deplaned passenger were not injured; however, another person on the ground was injured as she ran toward the aircraft and into the turning propeller. The flight originated on the day of the mishap at about 1500 from the Rio Linda Airport.
In a verbal statement, the pilot reported that she had just returned from a flight and had taxied to a point on the ramp where she had arranged to deplane her passenger, a 12 year-old child, with the assistance of an adult escort. The aircraft's engine was at idle with the propeller rotating at about 800 rpm's during the deplaning operation. As she watched her passenger deplane, she happened to glance toward the front of the aircraft in time to see a second child running toward the aircraft. Before she could shut down the engine, the child was struck by the propeller. The child had been instructed previously not to approach the aircraft without an adult escort. The propeller strike caused serious injuries to the child, but no damage to the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22682
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068446
- Airframe hours
- 4,771
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nancy R. Bilyeu
- Registered owner
- Nancy R. Bilyeu
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 26, 1993 · 29 hours before
- Departed
- Q96
- Destination
- Q94 · Rio Linda, CA
- Airport
- Q96 · Natomas Field
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 396 total · 323 in this make and model · 325 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMF, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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