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NYC86LA058

1986-01-07 · BOSTON, Massachusetts, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport BOS

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1986_NYC86LA058.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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