ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 41709
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Date: | Saturday 24 September 1994 |
Time: | 15:45 LT |
Type: | Cessna 182Q |
Owner/operator: | Stanley A. Lawless |
Registration: | N96642 |
MSN: | 18266791 |
Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Las Vegas, NV -
United States of America
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Yuma, AZ (44A) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT ADVISED GROUND CONTROL THAT A PASSENGER HAD TO USE THE RESTROOM. THE PILOT STOPPED THE AIRPLANE IN FRONT OF THE TERMINAL TO LET THE PASSENGER OUT AND THEN PARK THE AIRCRAFT IN TRANSIENT PARKING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE TO DEPLANE THE PASSENGER; HOWEVER, HE DID TELL HER TO WALK AROUND THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO AVOID THE PROPELLER. THE PASSENGER DEPLANED FROM THE LEFT DOOR AND WALKED FORWARD INTO THE ROTATING PROPELLER. THE PILOT VOLUNTARILY SUBMITTED TO A TOXICOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF BLOOD AND URINE SPECIMENS, WHICH WERE NEGATIVE FOR ALCOHOL AND ALL SCREENED DRUG SUBSTANCES. TOXICOLOGICAL TESTS ON BLOOD SAMPLES FROM THE DECEASED PASSENGER WERE POSITIVE FOR BLOOD ETHANOL AT A LEVEL OF 0.17 GM/percent.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to shut down the engine before deplaning a passenger.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX94LA376 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX94LA376
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
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21-Dec-2016 19:24 |
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Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
09-Apr-2024 19:03 |
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Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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