# Incident 19820112005379I: Piper PA38112, Norwood, MA, January 12, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1982, 13:15 local time
- Place: Norwood, MA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1874° N, 71.1960° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norwood, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1874&lon=-71.1960&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2459P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2459P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-38-112 (registry code 7103812, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-38-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA38112
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820112005379I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BELIEVED MAGS OFF. TURNED PROP FOR COLD WEATHER STARTING. PROP KICKED OVER STRIKING PILOT'S HEAD. MINOR LACERATION

## Other reports on N2459P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910831047869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910831047869I), Aug 31, 1991: Piper PA38112 (N2459P), Burlington, VT. Pilot departed VFR after being advised not to. Entered clouds en route and had to be vectored back to airport.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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