# NTSB DEN84LA126: Piper PA-28-236, N2940T, Ogden, UT, April 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 7, 1984, 08:09 local (15:09 UTC)
- Place: Ogden, UT
- Location: 41.1951° N, 112.0122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OGDEN-HINCKLEY (OGD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1951&lon=-112.0122&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16361
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA126
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16361/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA126

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)
  - proper assistance - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - parking brakes - not used, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT GOT OUT OF THE ACFT TO CHECK THE STARTER SOLENOID BY TURNING THE PROPELLER. HE LEFT THE MAGS ON AND THE BRAKES OFF. WHEN THE PROP WAS TURNED THE ACFT STARTED AND COLLIDED WITH A PARKED ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2940T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2940T), registered now, S/N 28-7911254, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-236
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-236](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (registry code 7102815) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7911254
- Airframe hours: 9349
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J3A5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard W. Barton
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 30, 1983
- Airport: OGD, Ogden Municipal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; flight hours: 5 total, 5 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days, 130 in the last 30 days, 131 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 80 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OGD

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840407008809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840407008809A), Apr 7, 1984: Piper PA28236, Ogden, UT, Substantial damage. Turned prop by hand to clear starter. Unsecured aircraft started, ran into a parked aircraft. Mag switch was on.

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.

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