# Accident 19940223010579A: Piper PA28140, Santa Rosa, CA, February 23, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1994, 10:50 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport: Sonoma County
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4995° N, 122.7599° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4995&lon=-122.7599&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20BS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20BS-2020-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 780 total, 600 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940223010579A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE ENGAGE STARTER. CFI GOT OUT TO REPOSITION PROP. WAS HIT IN HEAD BY LIVE PROP. MAG SWITCH WAS STILL ON.

## 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 LAX94LA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA136), Feb 23, 1994: Piper PA-28-140 (N20BS), Santa Rosa, CA, no damage. Probable cause: A failure of the pilot-in-command to ensure that the powerplant controls were configured properly before moving the aircraft propeller. Inadequate planning/decision making was a factor in this…

## Other reports on N20BS (1)

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

- [Incident 20180915019109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180915019109I), Sep 15, 2018: Piper PA-28-140 (N20BS), Monument Valley, UT, Minor damage. Aircraft landed short of the runway in soft terrain, bounced onto the end of the runway, and then slid off the runway and came to rest in soft terrain. During…

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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