- Date
- October 9, 1986, 01:20 local (05:20 UTC)
- Place
- Boston, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N342HALockheed L188A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861009052259A
- Case key
- 30544
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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
During engine start number 4 engine was started. The signal was given to the ground crewman to disconnect the air start unit. The engineer thought he heard 'start number 3'. Engine number 4 was shifted up, it stabilized, and engine number 3 was started. After the ground crewman disconnected the air start unit, he turned around and walked into the propeller of the number 3 engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N342HA
- Reported as
- Lockheed L188A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1128
- Airframe hours
- 41,240
- Engine
- Allison 501, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Zantop International Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- EWR · Newark, NJ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BOS · Logan Airport
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,426 total · 3,900 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.