- Date
- January 24, 1986, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Atlanta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8292NPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860124002559A
- Case key
- 7058
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was unable to start the engine and elected to rotate the propeller by hand to free the congealed oil in the engine. When the propeller was rotated the engine started and the aircraft taxied into another parked aircraft. Post-accident examination of the aircraft failed to disclose any mechanical failure or malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8292N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-255-10
- Airframe hours
- 5,905
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320 E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert H. Dickerson, Jr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 11, 1985 · 44 hours before
- Airport
- PDK · Dekalb-Peachtree
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,550 total · 24 in this make and model · 1,480 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8292N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.