# NTSB NYC83LNA03: Cessna 150, N11196, Stow, MA, July 7, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: July 6, 1983, 20:30 local (Jul 7, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Stow, MA
- Location: 42.4604° N, 71.5180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINUTE MAN AIR FLD (6B6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4604&lon=-71.5180&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 2 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35285
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83LNA03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35285/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LNA03

## Sequence of events

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

- Propeller/rotor contact to person, standing - engine(s) operating
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - passenger briefing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11196), registered now, S/N 15075250, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075250
- Airframe hours: 1450
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830706030799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830706030799A), Jul 6, 1983: Cessna 150L, Stow, MA. Wife of a passenger walked into idling propeller while approaching aircraft from the front in the dark.

## Other investigations on N11196 (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC76DNC17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76DNC17), Sep 5, 1975: Cessna 150L (N11196), Bangor, ME, substantial damage

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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