Accident Details
On June 8, 2017, about 0900 central daylight time, a Piper PA-28-235 airplane, registration N3082T, struck a person while taxiing at a private airstrip near Harrisonville, Missouri. The private pilot was not injured, and a pilot-rated pedestrian was seriously injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by a private individual under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which operated without a flight plan. The flight originated from Lawrence Smith Memorial Airport (KLRY), Harrisonville, Missouri, and landed on a private airstrip about 4 miles southwest of KLRY.
Investigation
According to information obtained by the responding Federal Aviation Administration inspector and sheriff's deputy, the pilot was taxiing the airplane to park and passed near his friend, the pilot-rated pedestrian, who was recording the airplane with a camera. The pilot felt a thump and could not see his friend, so he turned the airplane around and observed his friend lying on the ground. The friend was transported to a hospital. The airplane sustained damage to the left wingtip.
Weather Conditions
An automated weather reporting facility near the accident site reported a clear sky with no restrictions to visibility.
Pilot Report
An NTSB Form 6120 was not submitted by the pilot.