# NTSB NYC84LA276: Cessna 310II, N5338C, Newark, NJ, August 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 14, 1984, 23:00 local (Aug 15, 1984, 03:00 UTC)
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (EWR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1687&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35736
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84LA276
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35736/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84LA276

## Sequence of events

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

- Propeller/rotor contact to person, standing - starting engine(s)
  - proper assistance - inadequate, unqualified person (cause)
  - inadequate training, other person (cause)
  - visual/aural perception, other person (cause)
  - company-induced pressure, other person (cause)

## Analysis

AN UNEMPLOYED PERSON WAS TRYING TO HELP LOAD AN ACFT. IN NOTICING THAT A BILL OF LADEN HAD BEEN LEFT OFF THE CARGO HE RAN TOWARD THE ACFT WHICH HAD, BY THIS TIME, STARTED ENGINES. THE PLT SAID HE SAW THE RUNNING MAN AND SHOVED THE MIXTURES TO CUT OFF THE ENGINES, BUT THE PROPS DID NOT STOP IN TIME TO AVOID INJURY TO THE MAN. AFTER THE PROP HIT THE MANS RIGHT SHOULDER, ARM & HAND HE STUMBLED ABOUT 35 FT AWAY FRON THE ACFT & FELL TO THE RAMP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5338C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5338C-2008-07-30), registration cancelled 2008-07-30, S/N 310R1544, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310II
- Registry model: [Cessna 310R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (registry code 2074245) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310R1544
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-MB 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Jet Courier Service
- Registered owner: Log Aviation,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: BDL, WINDSOR-LOCKS, CT
- Airport: EWR, Newark

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,210 total, 165 in this make and model, 2,051 as pilot in command, 125 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Temperature: 81 °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).

- [Accident 19840814073549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840814073549A), Aug 14, 1984: Cessna 310R, Newark, NJ. A non employee was struck by idling engines props while trying to place a bill of lading in the nose baggage locker

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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