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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1997 |
| Time: | 14:15 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 100 |
| Owner/operator: | Emerald Coast Skydiving Center |
| Registration: | N1022S |
| MSN: | 79 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 23552 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6A-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Elberta, AL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | (7J9) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the loading of 17 parachutists, a 31-year-old male parachutist notified the loader/jump master that on his next jump he would have a smoke canister on the airplane and that the pilot should be notified. The loader/jump master told him, '...that to notify the pilot would be his (the loader's) job, that he [the parachutist] was just to board the aircraft.' The loader started boarding the jumpers and he went forward to give the pilot the information. The loader/jump master said, '...disregarding [his] the loaders instructions the subject walked from the rear left area and proceeded straight to the cockpit door where the loader and pilot were. In spite of several people hollering at him the subject walked into the left side engine propeller....'
Probable Cause: a passenger's inadvertent encounter with a rotating propeller.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA98LA031
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2024 07:17 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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