Mitsubishi MU-2B-36 N6kf

Summary

On 22 August 2007 at about 06:15 local time, a Mitsubishi MU-2B-36 registered N6kf was involved in an accident near Hobby Airport, Texas, United States. The number of people on board was not recorded. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 August 2007 at 06:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Hobby Airport, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

William P Hobby (HOU)

Coordinates

29.6456, -95.2789

Aircraft

Mitsubishi MU-2B-36

Registration

N6kf

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Houston → Hobby Airport

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

DFW07CA189

Injuries not recorded.

The failure of the ramp employee to maintain clearance from the rotating propeller. A contributing factor was the prevailing night conditions.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The high-wing twin-engine airplane was not damaged and a lineman was seriously injured when the lineman inadvertently walked into the turning propeller for the number 1 engine while undergoing ground operations prior to the night flight. The lineman, who was reported to have completed all required training, recently changed work shifts and collectively had a total of six-months of experience. It was also reported that normally aircrews remove their own wheel chocks. The pilot stated that as the airplane completed both engine starts, in preparation for flight, the employee quickly approached the airplane to unplug the ground power unit (GPU) when he preceded to cross beneath the left wing from forward-to-aft retrieving the left main landing gear wheel chocks. While recovering the left wheel chocks the linemen was struck by the left engine propeller blade sustaining serious injuries. The airplane was standing at the time of the mishap. The pilot-in-command then performed an engine shutdown, exited the aircraft and assisted the injured linemen. Weather at the airport was not a factor in the mishap.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.