# Incident 20021027029099I: Piper PA28161, Bedford, MA, October 27, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2002, 11:32 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- 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: N3021C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3021C) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 6 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021027029099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DID NOT PERFORM A THOROUGH PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THUS OVERLOOKING A PROPELLER LOCK ATTACHMENT. HE THEN FLEW THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE LOCK IN PLACE ENDANGERING HIMSELF, HIS PASSENGER AND THE EQUIPMENT.

## Other reports on N3021C (1)

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

- [Incident 20180219002839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180219002839I), Feb 19, 2018: Piper PA-28-161 (N3021C), Nashua, NH, Minor damage. On the specified date and time, N3021C was being operated at kash for flight training. The flight instructor, [privacy data omitted] [privacy data omitted] was…

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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