Fatal Injury: hit by the prop

The painted tips make the prop barely visible for day operation in my
opinion. The accident happened at night... not sure how visible the
prop is at night.

I got to thinking, and I just checked my solo certificate - that was
the plane that I soloed last month.

Barely visible is still better than invisible. And the color and pattern you
use could make a difference.

mike regish

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The painted tips make the prop barely visible for day operation in my
opinion. The accident happened at night... not sure how visible the
prop is at night.

I got to thinking, and I just checked my solo certificate - that was
the plane that I soloed last month.

wrote:
The painted tips make the prop barely visible for day operation in my
opinion. The accident happened at night... not sure how visible the
prop is at night.


The back of every prop I have ever seen is painted black. Presumably
to not be a distraction to the pilot while flying. Therefore the prop
disc would not be visible from the back. A 172 with the high wing
makes stumbling into the prop while exiting the plane fairly easy. At
least easier than a low wing. I have exited low wing planes with the
engine running on a few occasions and felt safe. Of course I never
walked past the trailing edge of the wing. Would not attempt this on a
hi wing tho.....

j

disc would not be visible from the back. A 172 with the high wing
makes stumbling into the prop while exiting the plane fairly easy. At
least easier than a low wing.

Say What???

You climb out of a 172 and the door is between you and the whirly thing.
Close the door and the wing strut is between you and the whirly thing. You
are talking about the "Cessna 172," right? You couldn't "stumble into the
prop while exiting" even if you were totally s###-faced, and three times
over the legal limit.

"Casey Wilson" N2310D @ gmail.com wrote in message
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disc would not be visible from the back. A 172 with the high wing
makes stumbling into the prop while exiting the plane fairly easy. At
least easier than a low wing.

Say What???

You climb out of a 172 and the door is between you and the whirly thing.
Close the door and the wing strut is between you and the whirly thing. You
are talking about the "Cessna 172," right? You couldn't "stumble into the
prop while exiting" even if you were totally s###-faced, and three times
over the legal limit.

This guy is another for the Darwin awards, fancy walking into a propeller

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"Dave" wrote:

"Casey Wilson" N2310D @ gmail.com wrote in message
news:BkYId.5060$BL3.4545@trnddc01...

disc would not be visible from the back. A 172 with the high wing
makes stumbling into the prop while exiting the plane fairly easy. At
least easier than a low wing.

Say What???

You climb out of a 172 and the door is between you and the whirly thing.
Close the door and the wing strut is between you and the whirly thing. You
are talking about the "Cessna 172," right? You couldn't "stumble into the
prop while exiting" even if you were totally s###-faced, and three times
over the legal limit.

This guy is another for the Darwin awards, fancy walking into a propeller



I went out for my 2nd or 3rd flying lesson and was waiting in the FBO
for my CFI to show up. A 172 arrived and taxied to the fuel pumps, I
stepped out to watch. The aircraft (two occupants) came to a stop with
the engine running. The pilot got out, ducked under the strut and
walked into the back of the prop. It cut him into 4 distinctly seperate
pieces.

I'm cautious around propellors, but I "hot load" passengers as a normal
part of my day.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html

"Dale" wrote in message
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The pilot got out, ducked under the strut and
walked into the back of the prop. It cut him into 4 distinctly seperate
pieces.

Oh dear Lord. That had to be terrible to see.

-Trent

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"Trent Moorehead" wrote:

"Dale" wrote in message
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The pilot got out, ducked under the strut and
walked into the back of the prop. It cut him into 4 distinctly seperate
pieces.

Oh dear Lord. That had to be terrible to see.

It certainly put a damper on the day. Within a few weeks I also watched
a J-3 spin in just after takeoff killing the CFI and student. I have no
doubt that flying can be dangerous. I think it's helped to keep me
alive.

--
Dale L. Falk

There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing around with airplanes.

http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html

wrote in message ...
A 172 with the high wing makes stumbling into the prop while exiting the
plane fairly easy.
At least easier than a low wing. I have exited low wing planes with the
engine running on a few occasions and felt safe. Of course I never
walked past the trailing edge of the wing. Would not attempt this on a
hi wing tho.....

j

J, I don't really know what kind of high wing your talking about.
The Cessna's that I'm familiar with are not that east to step out of and
walk into the prop.
First you have the door that makes you step back away from the prop.
Second you have the landing gear that makes you step further back from the
prop.
Third you have the wing spar that gets in the way of a clear path to the
prop.

Now on a low wing I can climb down forward of the wing if I choose with no
obstacles to
keep me from doing so, or climb back up on the low wing from the front of
the wing.
Now if I should stumble forward while getting down or backward while getting
up, I would
end up right into the prop.

Now that should end the Low-wing vs. High-wing safety issues.

The real point here is that you should stay away from any running engines
(Prop or Jet).
Even car engines are dangerous places to get next to while running.

David (KORL)