- Date
- October 12, 1991, 06:20 local (10:20 UTC)
- Place
- Bridgeport, CT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N25811Aerospatiale ATR-42-320
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911012045899A
- Case key
- 37087
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Probable cause
The employee's failure to follow proper procedures and the diversion of her attention which resulted in her being struck by a spinning propeller.
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
Flight 3894 was parked on the ramp with the right engine running, in preparation for departure. The injured employee was an off duty, non revenue passenger travelling to newark. The employee was assisting the station agent prepare the flight for departure when the accident occurred. Neither the flight crew nor the station agent were aware of the employee on the right side of the airplane until they heard a 'loud thump' and observed the employee lying beneath the propeller. The accident occurred during the hours of darkness.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25811
- Reported as
- Aerospatiale ATR-42-320
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 094
- Airframe hours
- 7,010
- Engine
- P&W PW121, 2,100 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Britt Airways, doing business as Continental Express
- Registered owner
- Continental Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · October 11, 1991 · 7 hours before
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- BDR · Sikorsky Memorial
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 7,400 total · 800 in this make and model · 6,200 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 43 °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.