Flight Attendant Current
Flight Attendant Airline Total 17.9; Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 1; Flight Attendant Total 17.9; Flight Attendant Type 100
Human-Machine Interface; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown
General Physical Injury / Incapacitation
Aircraft; Human Factors
A man was leaving the aircraft and he hit his head. There are 2 factors contributing to this man hitting his head. 1. Low clearance of the doorway on the Dash 8. 2. He was wearing a baseball cap which may have prevented him from seeing the low clearance.
A Dash 8 Flight Attendant reported a deplaning passenger struck his head on the top of the doorway as he was exiting. The reporter cited the low aircraft doorway and the possibility the passenger's baseball hat obscured his view as possible causative factors.