Newport State Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Newport, Rhode Island 02840
Thursday, April 24, 2003 16:15 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The King Air 300 was starting to taxi out of a tie down area for an engine run. The area behind the King Air was used as a taxiway for airplanes. The pilot of the Cessna 206 taxied for departure, and as he approached the area behind the King Air, there was a 90 degree crosswind from the left. The pilot of the Cessna said he could hear the engines operating on the King Air, and didn't realize they were at high power. The owner of the maintenance company performing the maintenance run in the King Air reported that it was parked on an slight uphill incline. The mechanic had started the engines, and then applied power to the left engine to make a right turn out of the parking spot. At that time the Cessna taxied behind the King Air and was blown over.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's inadvertent encounter with propeller blast.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 4/24/2003
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1615
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City Newport
Event State RHODE ISLAND
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 02840
Event Date Year 2003
Event Date Month 4
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 413153N
Event Location Longitude 0711655W
Event Location Airport Newport State Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID UUU
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 172
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1553 Eastern Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID UUU
Elevation of weather observation facility 172
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation EDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 11
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -1
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 300
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 16
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 20
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.74
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 15750
NTSB Notification Source New England Comm Center
NTSB Notification Date Apr 25 2003 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1320
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Jun 30 2004 12:15PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Boston, Massachusetts

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N4624F
NTSB Number NYC03LA089
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model P206
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number P206-0224
Certified Max Gross Weight 3600
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 6
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection May 1 2002 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 72.8
Airframe Hours 2863.8
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Joseph S. Ceo
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City Wood River Junction
Aircraft Owner State RI
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 02894
Operator is an individual? Yes
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Business
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code UUU
Departure City Newport
Departure State RI
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1615
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code WST
Destination City Westerly
Destination State RI
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Taxi - to takeoff
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Mar 18 2004 3:57PM
User who most recently changed record PEAR
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location NA
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --