# Incident 19900924053789I: Piper PA28161, Nashua, NH, September 24, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1990, 08:45 local time
- Place: Nashua, NH
- Airport: Boire Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7824° N, 71.5141° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOIRE FLD (ASH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7824&lon=-71.5141&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81707, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81707-2006-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 110 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900924053789I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19900218010799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900218010799I), Feb 18, 1990: Piper PA28161 (N81707), Lebanon, ME, Minor damage. Left gear contacted snow at edge of runway on rollout. Proceeded to lose control and impacted a snowbank.

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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