# Incident 20020714015619I: Amtr MA20, Anchorage, AK, July 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2002, 17:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7531Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7531Z-2016-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Madigan Robert MA-20 (registry code 05601N2, https://openairdocs.org/model/madigan-robert-ma-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MA20
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 150 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020714015619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N7531Z IN SPACE 65 WAS RUNNING THE ENGINE TO WARM UP THE OIL FOR AN OIL CHANGE WHEN N4554F ROLLED ACROSS THE RAMP AND HIT N7531Z. MERRILL TOWER STATED THE WINDS HAD BEEN GUSTING 18-20 KNOTS.

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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