# Incident 20051208028659I: Amtr VANSRV6A, Pottstown, PA, December 8, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 2005, 08:45 local time
- Place: Pottstown, PA
- Airport: Pottstown Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2604° N, 75.6708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POTTSTOWN MUNI (N47), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2604&lon=-75.6708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N199EC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N199EC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Capozzi Eugene L VAN RV-6A (registry code 05607CM, https://openairdocs.org/model/capozzi-eugene-l-van-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A (registry code 41594, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VANSRV6A
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051208028659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT CHOCKED THE WHEELS OF HIS AIRCRAFT AFTER IT WOULD NOT START USING BATTERY POWER. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO HAND PROP IT TO START IT, THE ENGINE STARTED AND THE AIRCRAFT JUMPED THE CHOCKS, AND TAXIED INTO A HANGAR DOOR. THE PROPELLER RIPPED THROUGH THE DOOR AND HIT THE PROPELLER SPINNER OF A CESSNA CE-172 AIRCRAFT, N84881, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. THE RV-6 HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH WING LEADING EDGES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, AND MINOR DAMAGE TOTHE HANGAR DOOR.

## Other reports on N199EC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20000903015179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000903015179A), Sep 3, 2000: Amtr RV6A (N199EC), Bayou La Batre, AL, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was on pleasure flight with departure and termination at roy e. ray airport (5R7), with enroute landings at st. elmo (2R5) airport. The pilot…

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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