Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a safe distance between the airplane and a person on the ground, which resulted in serious injuries to the person.
NTSB analysis
When the private pilot taxied the airplane to park, he was taxiing past his friend, who was using a camera to record the airplane. The pilot felt a thump and could not see his friend, so he turned the airplane around and saw his friend lying on the ground. The friend sustained serious injuries. The airplane sustained damage to the left wingtip. Weather at the time of the accident was a clear sky with no restrictions to visibility.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN17LA217 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Jun 8, 2017
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Harrisonville, Missouri
- Nearest airport
- Private Airstrip (Priv)
- Highest injury
- Serious
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- Light
- Day
Piper PA 28-235
- N-number
- N3082T
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1972
- Damage
- Minor
- Operating rule
- Part 91 (general aviation)
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.