Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 28 July 1999
Aircraft Type: Aerospatiale ATR 42-500
Owner/operator: Continental Express
Registration Number: N14451
Location: Little Rock, AR –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Minor, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 37
Component Affected: The airplane’s rotating propeller.The airplane’s rotating propeller.
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
A turbo-propeller airplane was struck by a rotating propeller while both engines were running. The station manager, while walking behind the left wing, inadvertently encountered the propeller, causing the airplane to come to a stop on the ramp. The manager?s attention was focused on a radio, and he contacted the left propeller.A turbo-propeller airplane was struck by a rotating propeller while both engines were running. The station manager, while walking behind the left wing, inadvertently encountered the propeller, causing the airplane to come to a stop on the ramp. The manager?s attention was focused on a radio, and he contacted the left propeller.
Description
The turbo-propeller airplane was standing with both engines running when the station manager inadvertently walked into a rotating propeller. Witnesses to the accident stated that the airplane came to a stop on the ramp, and the station manager walked from behind the left wing toward the nose of the airplane. According to the witnesses, the station manager appeared to be listening to, or talking on, a shoulder mounted radio and then looked up at the people in the terminal. He looked back down and contacted the left propeller. Probable Cause: The station manager’s inadvertent encounter with the rotating propeller due to his diverted attention.
Primary Cause
Inadvertent encounter with a rotating propeller.Inadvertent encounter with a rotating propeller.Share on:
