# Incident 19960428019419I: Piper PA28181, Bedford, MA, April 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1996, 10:30 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4699° N, 71.2890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (BED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4699&lon=-71.2890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7655C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7655C-2018-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 798 total, 415 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960428019419I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED NEAR BEDFORD, MA ATCT RAMP ADJACENT TO TAXIWAY J. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO "REPOSITION THE PROPELLER" AND THE ENGINE STARTED. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE STARTER BENDIX DRIVE WAS INTERMITTENT AND THAT REPOSITIONING THE PROPELLER WAS TO AID IN ENGAGING THE BENDIX DRIVE. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED UNDER IT'S OWN POWER WITH THE PILOT'S WIFE AND CHILD IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED TAXIWAYS J & E, THE GRASS INFIELD, RUNWAY 29, AND PROCEEDED ONTO RUNWAY 23 WHERE IT STOPPED BY THE 1000 FOOT MARKER AT 1030 EDT, 04/28/96. THE PILOT AND ANOTHER PERSON CHASED THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL IT WAS STOPPED BY THE PILOT'S WIFE WHO WAS ON BOARD. THE PILOT TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE RAMP. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE PILOT REPORTED THE STARTER BENDIX DRIVE PROBLEM TO AMERICAN AERO SERVICES, TAUNTON, MA. MR. MIKE DUPONT (IA) REPAIRED THE STARTER ON 05/10/96. NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N7655C (1)

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

- [Incident 19900922057479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900922057479I), Sep 22, 1990: Piper PA28181 (N7655C), Bedford, MA, Minor damage. Pilot stated brakes failed while performing static ground run up. Aircraft lurched forward into a dip in terrain.

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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