# Incident 20030620019449I: Amtr VANSRV8, Indianapolis, IN, June 20, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2003, 15:25 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Mount Comfort Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500YP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VANSRV8
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 300 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/20030620019449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N500YP, OPERATED BY MR. TODD REIFERS, WAS TAXIING BEHIND N8XY, OPERATED BY MR. JOHN MARSHALL, FROM THE HANGER AREA TO THE FIXED BASE OPERATORS RAMP FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING FUEL FOR THE AIRCRAFT. MR. REIFERS HAD RECENTLY ADJUSTED HIS BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE. WHILE FOLLOWING N8XY MR. REIFERS GLANCED DOWN TO CHECK THE POSITION OF THE BRAKE PEDALS. HE DID NOT REALIZE THAT N8XY HAD COME TO A STOP BEFORE HE HEARD HIS PROPELLER COME IN CONTACT WITH THE VERTICAL STABILIZER OF N8XY. HE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED THE BRAKES AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE BUT THE MOMENTUM AND CORKSCREW EFFECT OF THE PROPELLER COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE VERTICAL STABILIZER.

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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