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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Petaluma, CA · November 21, 1993

Date: November 21, 1993 · 07:15 local
Place: Petaluma, CA
Airport: Petaluma Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N111FR
Reported as: Piper PA28140
Reported engine: Lycoming IO320*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 160 total13 in this make and model12 in the last 90 days

N111FRRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140S/N 28-7325055 · Built 1972 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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 rotated propeller through one revolution due to low battery voltage. Prop struck pilot in head. Controls off.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ROTATED PROPELLER THROUGH ONE REVOLUTION DUE TO LOW BATTERY VOLTAGE. PROP STRUCK PILOT IN HEAD. CONTROLS OFF.