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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Arlington, WA · August 21, 1983

Date
August 21, 1983 · 11:40 local
Place
Arlington, WA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5097T
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA83LA182
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
66 total9 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Starter hung up. Moved prop backwards to free starter. Engine started. Unsecured aircraft ran into a ditch.

As the FAA filed it

STARTER HUNG UP. MOVED PROP BACKWARDS TO FREE STARTER. ENGINE STARTED. UNSECURED AIRCRAFT RAN INTO A DITCH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.