Accident Cessna 172K N46701, Sunday 10 January 1988

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Date:	Sunday 10 January 1988
Time:	17:00 LT
Type:	Cessna 172K
Owner/operator:	Quinn, Schafer, Ferris
Registration:	N46701
MSN:	172257437
Year of manufacture:	1969
Total airframe hrs:	1610 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming O-320-E2D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	None
Category:	Accident
Location:	Converse, IN - United States of America
Phase:	Standing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Converse, IN (1L8)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PLT HAD FLOWN ONE CLOSED CIRCUIT PATTERN OF THE LOCAL ARPT AND LANDED TO PICK UP TWO ADDITIONAL PASSENGERS. PURPOSE OF THE LOCAL FLIGHT WAS FOR SIGHTSEEING. THE ACFT WAS PARKED WITH ENGINE AT IDLE. ONE BOARDING PASSENGER APPROACHED THE ACFT FROM THE LEFT REAR, SAW THE OTHER PAX BOARDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND WAS PROCEEDING AROUND THE FRONT OF THE ACFT WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER.

Probable Cause:

Accident investigation: