- Date
- October 28, 1985, 18:54 local (Oct 29, 1985, 02:54 UTC)
- Place
- North Bend, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8316BCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851028057329A
- Case key
- 40329
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported having difficulty finding the tie down ramp area at the unfamiliar arpt in dusk light conditions. The passenger exited the acft with a flashlight to locate a tie down spot and walked into the spinning prop. The plt stated the passenger was familiar with small acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8316B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17236116
- Airframe hours
- 3,698
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Craig R. Green
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1985 · 112 hours before
- Departed
- AST · Astoria, OR
- Destination
- OTH · North Bend, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- OTH · North Bend
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 130 total · 130 in this make and model · 101 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 20° at 8 knots, gusting 1
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OTH, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8316B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.