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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28180 · Borinquen, Puerto Rico · March 23, 1984

Date
March 23, 1984 · 07:30 local
Place
Borinquen, Puerto Rico
Airport
Borinquen
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N617R
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA84LA121
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A3A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
170 total97 in this make and model16 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.

The engine started when pilot was turning the prop by hand to clear the cylinders. The aircraft ran into a fence.

As the FAA filed it

THE ENGINE STARTED WHEN PILOT WAS TURNING THE PROP BY HAND TO CLEAR THE CYLINDERS. THE AIRCRAFT RAN INTO A FENCE.

NTSB investigation

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