ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 5625
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| Date: | Friday 12 November 1971 |
| Time: | 18:45 |
| Type: |  Cessna 150 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7937E |
| MSN: | 17737 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Monroe Regional Airport, Monroe, Louisiana -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Monroe Regional Airport, Monroe, Louisiana (MLU/KMLU) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Cessna 150 N7973E: Involved in a fatal accident at Monroe, Louisiana, November 12, 1971. Passenger had deplaned to check engine, inadvertently walked into still-rotating propeller, and was killed by the rotating prop blades. NTSB attributed the cause of the accident to "Car lights focused on aircraft on unlighted ramp". The lack of lighting and poor visibility meant that the passenger failed to see the rotating propeller blades, and walked into them. The aircraft sustained nil damage
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: FTW72FRJ14 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=62224&key=0
2. https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7937E
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Regional_Airport_(Louisiana)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Sep-2020 20:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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