# NTSB NYC84LA172: Cessna 305A, N49236, West Hampton, NY, May 13, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 13, 1984, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: West Hampton, NY
- Coordinates: 40.830696, -72.650741 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8307&lon=-72.6507&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35557
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA172
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35557/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA172

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, taxi - from landing
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Propeller/rotor contact to person, standing - engine(s) operating
  - object - other person (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inattentive, ground personnel (cause)
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - unsafe/hazardous condition - inattentive, ground personnel (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT HAD JUST LANDED & THE PLT WAS TAXIING TO HOOK UP TO ANOTHER GLIDER WHEN THE ACFT BECAME LODGED N SOFT DIRT. TWO GROUND CREWMEMBERS CAME OVER TO THE ACFT. THE PLT STATED THAT HE TOLD ONE OF THEM TO 'STAY BEHIND THE STRUT WHILE I SHUTDOWN'. HE THEN TURNED TO CHECK ON THE OTHER PERSON AS HE PULLED THE MIXTURE TO STOP THE ENG. AT ABOUT THAT TIME, THE PLT HEARD A THUMP. HE SAID HE LOOKED BACK TO THE LEFT & SAW THE CREWMEMBER LAYING ON THE GROUND WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. IN RETROSPECT, THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE COULD HAVE SHUT THE ENG DOWN WITH THE MAG SWITCH WHICH WOULD HAVE BEENFASTER THAN CUTTING OFF THE MIXTURE.E MIXTURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N49236](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49236), registered now, S/N 23192 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 305A
- Registry model: [Cessna 305A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-305a) (registry code 2074002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 23192
- Airframe hours: 670
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-1A 265 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: Sky Sailors, Ic.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 17, 1983, 5 hours before
- Departed: FOK, WEST HAMPTON, NY

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 2,300 total, 287 in this make and model, 271 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19840513037229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840513037229I), May 13, 1984: Cessna 305A, Westhampton, NY. Aircraft became stuck in mud while taxiing. A ground crewman although warned by the pilot walked into idling prop.

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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