A 41-year-old pilot was killed on Monday after being struck by the moving propeller of his 1974 Piper Cherokee. The accident took place around 8:30 a.m. at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, California, just outside of San Diego.
According to officials, the pilot, who has been identified as Gordon Trygve Mylo Woodard of Lakeside, California, and one passenger were taxing out of a hangar in the Cherokee when the engine stopped running. Woodard reportedly got out and attempted to hand prop the airplane when the propeller started to move and struck him in the head. Woodard was transported to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
