- Date
- August 10, 1988, 18:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place
- Swanton, VT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N757LDCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880810035699A
- Case key
- 36208
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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 plt took the passenger (his wife) on a short flt, which was her 1st flt. She was described as apprehensive. Before going back to the parking area after landing, the plt taxied to the terminal bldg for his wife to deplane. He stopped the acft with the left wing toward the bldg & with the eng still running. The plt said he advised his wife to walk wide of the propeller. However, after she exited the right side of the aircraft, she ducked under the wing strut & walked into the turning propeller before she could be stopped or before the engine could be shut down. A witness rprtd the passenger was in a hurry.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757LD
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279817
- Airframe hours
- 5,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald Manchester
- Registered owner
- Swanton Air Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 5, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- 1B7 · Franklin County, runway 1, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 120 in this make and model · 13 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.