- Date
- November 11, 1987, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Beaver Falls, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8364NPiper PA-28R-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871111083359A
- Case key
- 36075
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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.
Propeller/rotor contact to person
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Proper assistance - not obtainedCause
Supervision - inadequateFactor
Analysis
During hand-propping of Piper PA-28R, the passenger slipped and fell into the turning prop. He received a serious head injury.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8364N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-8118060
- Airframe hours
- 2,587
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dale G. Rabasi
- Registered owner
- Beaver Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 1987 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- BVI
- Airport
- BVI · Beaver Co.
N8364NRegistration cancelled May 10, 2010 · Piper PA-28RT-201Airframe modelPiper PA-28RT-201Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&C
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 196 total · 22 in this make and model · 97 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.