- Date
- July 6, 1983, 20:30 local (Jul 7, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stow, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N11196Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830706030799A
- Case key
- 35285
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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 acft propeller struck a passenger who was walking around the acft in preparation for boarding. The acft had been taxied in from landing and stopped near the coffee shop. The wife of the passenger on board the acft approached theacft prior to engine shut down. Seeing her husband turning in his seat as though to deplane she walked toward the front of the acft to take his place in the acft and was struck by the propeller.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11196
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075250
- Airframe hours
- 1,450
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Allen W.Bishop
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 22, 1983
- Airport
- 6B6 · Minuteman
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
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 424 total · 373 in this make and model · 3,477 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N11196 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.