# Incident 20010804026569I: Amtr SKYBOLT, Denver, CO, August 4, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2001, 11:45 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Jeffco Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N360HP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SKYBOLT
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010804026569I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) PILOT REQUESTED PERMISSION TO TAKEOFF BEHIND B-17. BJC ATCT CLEARED B-17 TO TAXI ONTO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AND TO HOLD. PILOT STATED HE WAS TOLD TO TAXI BEHIND THE B-17. THE B-17 WAS THEN CLEARED FOR TAKE OFF. THE PROP WASH FROM THE B-17 CAUSED THE SKYBOLT TO GROUND LOOP. THIS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED THE SKYBOLT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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