Cessna 182 N3950D

Summary

On 3 March 1985 at about 22:15 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N3950D was involved in an accident near Waynesboro, Virginia, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 March 1985 at 22:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Waynesboro, Virginia, United States

Nearest airport

Waynesboro (W13)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N3950D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

BFO85LA022

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PLT TAXIED THE ACFT TO THE RUN-UP AREA AND STOPPED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. THE PASSENGER, A RATED HELICOPTER PILOT, EXITED THE AIRPLANE TO RETRIEVE A PORTABLE COMMUNICATIONS RADIO. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT, THE PASSENGER DUCKED UNDER THE WING STRUT AND WALKED FORWARD INTO THE PROPELLER WITH THE ACFT REMAINING STATIONARY THRU-OUT THE OCCURRENCE. THE PASSENGER, WHO RECEIVED SERIOUS SHOULDER AND BACK LACERATIONS, FELT THAT HE HAD CLEARED THE PROP ARC AND THAT THE ACFT MOVED & STRUCK HIM.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.