ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76524
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| Date: | Friday 27 August 2010 |
| Time: | 12:26 |
| Type: |  Piper Pa-28-161 Warrior II |
| Owner/operator: | Beverly Flight Center Inc |
| Registration: | N9184Y |
| MSN: | 28-8616017 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 16466 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D3G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Beverly Municipal Airport (KBVY), Massachusetts -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Beverly, MA (BVY) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor and the private pilot receiving instrument instruction noticed that the pilots of another airplane ahead of them were having difficulty latching the canopy. The flight instructor opened his door, exited the airplane to try to help them, and either jumped or stumbled off the leading edge of the right wing and came into contact with the airplane’s moving propeller.
The airplane was equipped with a walkway which led aft from the cockpit and was used to enter and exit the airplane. The cabin door was hinged at the front, and was equipped with a door holder which prevented over travel of the door and would hold the door in an open position, blocking an occupant from going forward, instead of aft, down the walkway. Additionally, the door was equipped with a secondary door stop mounted on the upper surface of the right wing almost directly in line with the lower outer edge of the door. Examination of the secondary stop revealed that it exhibited compression buckling and was bent forward and to the right from its usual mounted position, indicating the flight instructor may have tripped on the stop, causing it to buckle. However, interviews with the operator revealed the flight instructor would often jump off the front of the airplane wing to put on propeller locks when securing them for the night, indicating that he would sometimes not use the walkway for exiting the airplane.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor's decision to exit the airplane on the taxiway with the engine still operating, and his failure to avoid the rotating propeller.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 February 2020 | N9184Y | Beverly Flight Center Inc | 0 | Beverly Regional Airport (KBVY), Beverly, MA | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2010 00:45 | slowkid | Added |
| 29-Aug-2010 14:22 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Aug-2010 00:02 | Anon. | Updated [Damage] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 26-Nov-2017 18:04 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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