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Date: | Friday 15 October 2021 |
Time: | 14:54 |
Type: | Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
Owner/operator: | Air Services Ltd |
Registration: | 8R-GFA |
MSN: | 208B0478 |
Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | None |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kamarang Airport (KAR/SYKM) -
Guyana
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Phase: | Taxi |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Georgetown-Eugene F. Correira International Airport (OGL/SYGO) |
Destination airport: | Kamarang Airport (KAR/SYKM) |
Investigating agency: | GAAIU |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A porter/cargo handler died at Kamarang Airport (KAR/SYKM), Cuyuni-Mazaruni, after being hit by a propeller of a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan.
The deceased was a new employee (second day on the job), inexperienced and untrained in his roles and responsibilities and company procedures, including safety at an aerodrome.
CASUAL FACTORS / PROBABLE CAUSE
a. Ground staff approached the aircraft while the engine was running and came in contact with the rotating propeller. The propeller impacted his body causing grievous bodily harm and he was fatally wounded.
b. Lack of training. Ground staff were not trained in their duties and responsibilities, company procedures and safety when operating at an aerodrome.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | GAAIU |
Report number: | AAIIU: 3/1/32 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
https://guyanachronicle.com/2021/10/16/asl-employee-dies-after-hit-by-planes-propeller/ Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Oct-2021 12:39 |
gerard57 |
Added |
20-Oct-2021 12:40 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Date] |
20-Oct-2021 13:30 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Departure airport] |
20-Oct-2021 19:47 |
RobertMB |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
22-Apr-2022 20:48 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Cn, Location] |
06-Jun-2024 15:04 |
ASN |
Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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