De Havilland DHC 6 200 N223AL

Summary

On 1 June 2014 at about 18:00 local time, a De Havilland DHC 6 200 registered N223AL, operated by WIN WIN Aviation Inc, was involved in an accident near Middletown, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board. One person on the ground also died. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 June 2014 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Middletown Regional/Hook Field (MWO)

Coordinates

39.5319, -84.3964

Aircraft

De Havilland DHC 6 200

Registration

N223AL

Category

Airplane

Year built

1969

Engines

2

Operator

WIN WIN Aviation Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Skydiving

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Middletown → Middletown

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN14LA272

Injuries not recorded.

The skydiving operator employee’s failure to see and avoid the rotating propeller blades when she walked toward the cockpit while the airplane’s engines were running.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The skydiving airplane was on a ramp with its engines operating while the pilot waited for passengers to board. The pilot asked an employee of the skydiving operator if he could order something to eat for lunch. The employee responded that she had time to come see the pilot at the airplane because she was expecting a small delay before the next flight. The pilot thought the delay was not long enough to justify shutting down the engines. The pilot observed the employee exit the manifest office and run toward the airplane. The skydiving operator typically flew single-engine airplanes with the propeller located in front of the cockpit; however, the accident airplane was a twin-engine airplane with its propellers located under each wing. The operator's employee subsequently walked into the operating propeller under the airplane's left wing, sustaining fatal injuries.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.