- Date
- June 13, 1999, 17:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Wimauma, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N7485JPiper PA-28R-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990613021809A
- Case key
- 46538
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Probable cause
a passenger deplaning the airplane while the engine was running struck the propeller.
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 engine was still running when one passenger exited the airplane and went aft on the wing. A second passenger exited the airplane, went forward on the wing, and struck the propeller.
Factual narrative
On June 13, 1999, about 1750 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-28R-180, N7485J, registered to a private individual, had a deplaning passenger strike the propeller at Wimauma Airport, Wimauma, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and a VFR flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. The airplane was not damaged. The private-rated pilot and two passengers reported no injuries. One passenger was fatally injured. The flight had originated in the Bahamas at an unknown time.
After landing, the pilot taxied the airplane to the terminal area so the passengers could deplane, because it was raining. The engine was still running when one passenger exited the airplane and went aft on the wing. A second passenger exited the airplane, went forward on the wing, and struck the propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7485J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-30844
- Engine
- Lycoming O-36-A3A, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Matthew W. Chambers Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FPO · Freeport, OF
- Destination
- FD77
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FD77 · Wimauma
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 275 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCF, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.