Today, a pilot form Gillespie field died after being hit in the head by a plane propeller. “The pilot and passenger were in the aircraft when the plane began to taxi out of a hanger at the west end of the airport about 8:30 a.m., said Monica Zech, spokeswoman for the city of El Cajon. (Union Tribune)” The 41-year-old pilot, whose name has not been released yet. Tried to hand crank that propeller, when the planes single engine stopped working. The pilot was taken to the hospital after the accident, there he was declared dead. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are the ones leading the investigation, on this accident. According to the FAA the plane that caused the accident is a blue and white 1974 Piper Cherokee fixed-wing plane. A flight instructor that works in the Gillespie field said that what the pilot did is very dangerous. According to Koch “Once engaged, the metal blades can immediately rev up to 2,000 revolutions per minute. (Union Tribune)”
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