Incident
A flight originating from a private airstrip near Lake Vermilion, Minnesota, landed on Lake Vermilion at 1415. After landing, the aircraft came to a stop and was standing. A passenger deplaned and walked into the airplane's rotating propeller, sustaining fatal injuries. The pilot and two other passengers were uninjured.
Pilot Account
According to the pilot, his daughter's friends were approaching the airplane using their snowmobiles, and she was excited to meet them. After the aircraft stopped, the pilot pulled out the fuel mixture while shutting down other equipment. During this process, his daughter slipped out of the rear seat of the aircraft without his awareness. When he saw her outside, he screamed her name. As she turned to look at him, her body shifted forward, and she was struck in the head once by the propeller as it made its final revolution.