Model and Plano resident injured by prop
12-06-2011, 01:18 AM
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Model and Plano resident injured by prop
Model and Plano resident Lauren Scruggs severely injured in plane propeller accident - KDAF
Plano resident Lauren Scruggs is full of life and ambition. *She’s building a budding career, which includes modeling, working in the wardrobe department of Gossip Girl and running a fashion blog lolo-mag.com.* Now the 23-year-old faces perhaps the biggest challenge of her life.
Saturday night she was taking a Christmas Light aerial tour on a two seater plane.* Once she got off the aircraft in McKinney, Scruggs ran into the planes propeller.
It was dark and her family believes Lauren did not see the propeller winding down.* The blades cut into her flesh, severing her left hand and also causing severe brain and facial injuries. *
Plano resident Lauren Scruggs is full of life and ambition. *She’s building a budding career, which includes modeling, working in the wardrobe department of Gossip Girl and running a fashion blog lolo-mag.com.* Now the 23-year-old faces perhaps the biggest challenge of her life.
Saturday night she was taking a Christmas Light aerial tour on a two seater plane.* Once she got off the aircraft in McKinney, Scruggs ran into the planes propeller.
It was dark and her family believes Lauren did not see the propeller winding down.* The blades cut into her flesh, severing her left hand and also causing severe brain and facial injuries. *
12-06-2011, 07:57 AM
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Wow. What a shame. Sounds like exit procedures should be an integral part of the passenger briefing in GA aircraft. Will definitely add this item to my pre-flight briefing, and will add a post-flight briefing. But then... I can't imagine a scenario in which I would allow a passenger to leave my GA aircraft until everything was shut down and secure.
12-06-2011, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Forman
I would never allow a passenger get on or off with the airplane running. It's too bad that this happened.
Very sad...she's in an uphill climb to even do daily tasks all because of a simple, stupid error. There's no reason that engine should have been running when she got out.
12-06-2011, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Forman
I would never allow a passenger get on or off with the airplane running. It's too bad that this happened.
Originally Posted by SteveCostello
Wow. What a shame. Sounds like exit procedures should be an integral part of the passenger briefing in GA aircraft.
Not the first time this has happened, pax (and more than a few pilots) just don't "get" the fact that there's a propellor there even though you can't see it.
12-06-2011, 01:41 PM
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Even when experienced...
A Flight Doc friend of mine (an avid jumper) witnessed an experienced jumper turn and walk unintentionally into a running prop. My friend couldn't even shout a warning---happened too fast.
It ended poorly. Very tragic, just like this case.
It ended poorly. Very tragic, just like this case.
12-07-2011, 02:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Kritchlow
Sky divers getting into an airplane with a prop running is common practice. That doesn't make it right, but that is pretty much SOP.
But not a good policy for recreational pax.
12-07-2011, 03:58 AM
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Just horrible! I have had civilian FBO TA folks walk right up and stick a set of chocks under my nose gear with my turbo-prop spinning at 2k rpm's....andcI have a huge prop. I get so po'd at them....and have to remind them to stay back until we kill the motor.
It's not worth trying to save the extra 15 sec.
Such a bummer for this young lady!
It's not worth trying to save the extra 15 sec.
Such a bummer for this young lady!
12-07-2011, 05:06 PM
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An innocent young woman makes a terrible mistake and this forum can't have a discussion without 7 of 16 posts being deleted? For those that need a reminder, I ask that you review the TOS about inappropriate material which is not to be discussed on APC for exactly the reasons displayed by some of our members.
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