ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 361773
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 June 1993 |
| Time: | 11:25 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 |
| Owner/operator: | Bering Air, Inc. |
| Registration: | N4112D |
| MSN: | 8353004 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 13107 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING TIO540J2BD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gambell, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | (KGAM) |
| Nome, AK (OME) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
AT A REMOTE VILLAGE AIRSTRIP, A PASSENGER DEPLANED FROM ONE SCHEDULED COMMUTER AIRPLANE AND INTENTIONALLY WALKED INTO THE PROPELLER ARC OF ANOTHER COMMUTER AIRPLANE WITH RUNNING ENGINES. NEITHER OPERATOR, NOR THE VILLAGE, HAD AN EMPLOYEE ON SCENE AT THE TIME. DURING MEDICAL TREATMENT THE PATIENT SAID THAT SHE HAD ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY WALKING INTO THE RUNNING PROPELLER.
Probable Cause: INTENTIONAL PERSONAL INJURY. FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE PERSON'S PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION, AND THE LACK OF SUFFICIENT PROCEDURES/AIRPORT STAFF BY THE OPERATOR(S).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC93LA105
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 January 1985 | N4112D | Bering Air | 0 | Savoonga, AK | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 17-Mar-2024 07:34 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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