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Incident Details
General Information
Title: Face Plant & Finger Loss
Date: 07/03/2010
Time:
Location: Illinois grass field
Pilot Information
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Pilot weight (without motor): 160 US Pounds
Rating:
None
Experience:
Less Than 10 Hours Solo
Incident Detail Information
Type of Incident:
Body Contact with Spinning Prop
Primary Cause:
Pilot Error on Launch
Contributing Distractions:
None
Windspeed:
Calm
Wind Type:
Not Applicable
Thermal Conditions:
Light (Less than 300 FPM)
Visibility: 6+
Surface:
Grass
Terrain:
Flat
Site Elevation: 600 (feet above sea level)
Phase of Flight:
Takeoff
Purpose of Flight:
Instructional Supervised Solo
Safety Gear Used:
None
Helmet Full
Helmet Other
Protective Boots
Knee-pads
Elbow-pads
Wrist Guards
Reserve
Knife
Gloves
Strobe
Unknown
Communications:
None
Damage to Pilot's Equipment:
Minor (Less than 20% of New Price)
Wing: N/R
Motor: Blackhawk 172 Suitcase Model, Single Hoop
Injury Information
Pilot/Passenger Injury Severity:
Major Injury
Hosipitalization:
Overnight
Injuries:
None
Head
Face
Neck
Chest
Back
Abdomen
Shoulder
Arm
Elbow
Forearm
Wrist
Hand
Pelvis
Thigh
Calf
Ankle
Foot
Knee
Unknown
Collateral Damage:
None
By-Stander
Other Pilot
Animal
Property
Unknown
Narrative: Pilot was struggling with motor inflations and had been instructed by his instructor not to launch, but to wait until the instructor returned from a flight. The student elected to launch anyway. After inflation, he wound up falling face down. After falling, he inadvertantly throttled up then reached up and got his finger in the prop. Two fingers were severed and could not be reattached.
Photo:
No photo on file.
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