# Incident 20021031031479I: Amtr CH601HDS, Morrilton, AR, October 31, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2002, 11:00 local time
- Place: Morrilton, AR
- Airport: Petit Jean Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1388° N, 92.9092° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETIT JEAN PARK (MPJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1388&lon=-92.9092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64041, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64041-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ayres Jimmy L CH601HDS (registry code 05607XC, https://openairdocs.org/model/ayres-jimmy-l-ch601hds) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CH601HDS
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021031031479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 31, 2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 HOURS, N64041, EXPERIMENTAL AYERS RV-6 WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED RESULTING FROM A GROUND INCIDENT. THE PILOT IN COMMAND BEGAN A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM WEST MONROE, LA ENROUTE TO CLARKSVILLE, AR. IN THE VICINITY OF THE PETIT JEAN STATE PARK AIRPORT, MORRILTON AR, THE PILOT IN COMMAND ELECTED, FOR PERSONAL REASONS, TO LAND. UPON REENTERING THE AIRCRAFT FOR DEPARTURE, THE AIRCRAFT REFUSED TO RE-START. AFTER APPROXIMATELY THREE ATTEMPTS, THE PILOT REALIZED A FUEL FLOODED SCENARIO EXISTED. THE PILOT ELECTED TO REMEDY THE FLOODED DEFECT BY MANUALLY CYCLING THE ENGINE. THE PILOT, THINKING HE HAD PLACED THE MAGNETOS IN THE OFF POSITION, BEGAN MANUALLY ROTATING THE ENGINE VIA THE PROPELLER. THE ENGINE STARTED, THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED FORWARD KNOCKING THE PILOT TO THE GROUND AND ROLLING OVER HIM. THE AIRCRAFT, UNDER IT'S OWN POWER, BEGAN TRAVELLING IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION. THE COURSE TOOK THE AIRCRAFT ACROSS THE ACTIVE RUNWAY CONTINUING IN A EASTERLY DIRECTION. THE TRAVEL ENDED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE SECURITY FENCE AND TREE LINE LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. THE WEATHER WAS VFR. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE.

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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