# NTSB NYC86LA058: Piper PA-28R-200, N1468X, Boston, MA, January 7, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 7, 1986, 06:45 local (11:45 UTC)
- Place: Boston, MA
- Location: 42.3629° N, 71.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (BOS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3629&lon=-71.0064&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30284
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA058
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30284/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA058

## Sequence of events

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

- Propeller/rotor contact to person, standing - starting engine(s)
  - clearance - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1468X-2015-01-09), registration cancelled 2015-01-09, S/N 34-7570253, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-200T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-200t) (registry code 7103406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-7535291
- Airframe hours: 2658
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860107001589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860107001589A), Jan 7, 1986: Piper PA28R200, Boston, MA. Pilot had difficulty starting engine. Pilot was struck by propeller while repositioning it for another start try.

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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