# Accident 19860107001589A: Piper PA28R200, Boston, MA, January 7, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1986, 06:45 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: General Edward Lawrence Logan
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1468X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1468X-2015-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-34-200T (registry code 7103406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 13 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC86LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860107001589A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD DIFFICULTY STARTING ENGINE. PILOT WAS STRUCK BY PROPELLER WHILE REPOSITIONING IT FOR ANOTHER START TRY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC86LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA058), Jan 7, 1986: Piper PA-28R-200 (N1468X), Boston, MA, no damage

## Other reports on N1468X (2)

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

- [Incident 19990522017079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990522017079I), May 22, 1999: Piper PA34200T (N1468X), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing at end of roll-out. Mtce check-out (cycling of ldg-gear while on jacks operations & downlocks operated) could not duplicate…
- [Incident 19970722036609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970722036609I), Jul 22, 1997: Piper PA34200T (N1468X), Hondo, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear folded on landing roll.

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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