# NTSB NYC87LA032: Piper PA-28-181, N82089, Philadelphia, PA, November 14, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 14, 1986, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Coordinates: 40.069049, -74.9999 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0690&lon=-74.9999&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30556
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA032
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30556/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA032

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, standing - starting engine(s)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - fence

## Analysis

DURING HAND PROPPING, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO MOVE AND ROLLED ACROSS A FIELD CRASHING THROUGH A FENCE WHEN FIRE ERUPTED DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT. THE PLT STATED THAT AFTER SETTING BRAKES TO FULL PRESSURE HE ATMPTD TO HAD PROP ACFT. THE ENG STARTED AND WHILE THE PLT WAS WALKING AROUND THE WING THE ACFT STARTED TO ROLL. IT CONTINUED ACROSS A FIELD INTO A FENCE AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE PLT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES WHILE ATMPTG TO HOLD ACFT..

## Aircraft

- Registration: N82089 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-8290133
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A4M 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lincoln Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: Northeast Philadelphia

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 575 total, 300 in this make and model, 575 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19861114075429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861114075429A), Nov 14, 1986: Piper PA28181, Philadelphia, PA, Destroyed. The pilot hand propped the engine. The unoccupied aircraft rolled into a fence after crossing a field and burned.

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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