- Date
- January 7, 1986, 06:45 local (11:45 UTC)
- Place
- Boston, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1468XPiper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860107001589A
- Case key
- 30284
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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 attempting to start the aircraft for a cross country flight. The weather was cold. Initially. The pilot stated the engine started but stopped. The pilot pulled key from ignition, pulled back throttle and closed the mixture before exiting the aircraft to reposition the prop. However, during this time the prop rotated one half revolution and the pilot was struck, when he was distracted and leaning forward.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1468X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7535291
- Airframe hours
- 2,658
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- City Engines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 27, 1985
- Airport
- BOS · Boston-Logan
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 13 in this make and model · 265 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.