# Accident 19970607046219A: Piper PA17, Mansfield, MA, June 7, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1997, 10:30 local time
- Place: Mansfield, MA
- Airport: Mansfield Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0009° N, 71.1980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MANSFIELD MUNI (1B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0009&lon=-71.1980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4832H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4832H-2018-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-17 (registry code 7101702, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA17
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC97LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970607046219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SEE ATTACHED NTSB PRELIMINARY REPORT, AVIATION. (NO NARRATIVE ATTACHED).

## 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 NYC97LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA106), Jun 7, 1997: Piper PA-17 (N4832H), Mansfield, MA, minor damage. Probable cause: The inadequate procedure for hand-prop starting of the engine.

## Other reports on N4832H (1)

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

- [Incident 19910424016959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910424016959I), Apr 24, 1991: Piper PA17 (N4832H), Sanford, ME, Minor damage. Lost directional control on landing rollout. Aircraft ground looped.

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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