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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Nashua, NH · September 24, 1990

Date
September 24, 1990 · 08:45 local
Place
Nashua, NH
Airport
Boire Field
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N81707
Reported as
Piper PA28161
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total110 in this make and model25 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.

Pilot improperly set his radio selector switch giving indication of radio failure. Unable to communicate with ATC.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT IMPROPERLY SET HIS RADIO SELECTOR SWITCH GIVING INDICATION OF RADIO FAILURE. UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH ATC.

Other reports on N81707 · 1

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