- Date
- October 19, 1984, 19:12 local (23:12 UTC)
- Place
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N5926VPiper PA-28-161
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841019057489A
- Case key
- 31307
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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 stated that while standing on the ramp with the eng running in preparation for flt, they were having difficulty closing the acft door. A passenger got out to look for help but once out of the acft walked along the rt wing leading edge up to the eng cowling and from there tried to close the door several times. While doing so the passenger was hit by the propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5926V
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-161
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287716217
- Airframe hours
- 3,206
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-3GA, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dacapo, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 24, 1984 · 11 hours before
- Destination
- TIX · Cocoa, FL
- Airport
- PBI · Palm Beach International
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 180 total · 15 in this make and model · 122 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.