# Incident 19820211010849I: Piper PA32RT300, Windsor Locks, CT, February 11, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1982, 07:00 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9390° N, 72.6843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRADLEY INTL (BDL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9390&lon=-72.6843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300UM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N300UM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 430 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820211010849I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ROTATED ENGINE WITH IGNITION TURNED ON. ENGINE POPPED. PROPELLER HIT PILOT ON HEAD, CAUSING FATAL INJURIES.

## Other reports on N300UM (1)

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

- [Accident 19850518018009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850518018009A), May 18, 1985: Piper PA32301 (N300UM), Ellington, CT, Substantial damage. Windshear caused aircraft to land short and strike runway lights. Go around made. Landed with left main collapsed.

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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