# Incident 20060125010329I: Amtr VELOCITY, Springfield, IL, January 25, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2006, 16:00 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13HC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13HC-2016-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Howard Harris E VELOCITY (registry code 05616AJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/howard-harris-e-velocity) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VELOCITY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 8 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060125010329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IMMEDIATELY AFTER ENGINE START THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD, THE AIRMAN APPLIED BOTH BRAKES, THE RIGHT BRAKE FAILED, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK A PARKED CESSNA 172. THE CESSNA RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE COWLING, PROPELLER SPINNER, THE LEFT WING AND THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE VELOCITY RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND LEFT WINGLET. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. (-23 AMENDMENT) FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE AIRMAN WAS REPOSITIONING THE AIRCRAFT FROM ONE HANGAR TO ANOTHER. AFTER CONSULTATION WITH NTSB IT WAS AGREED THERE WAS NO INTENTION FOR FLIGHT AND THEREFORE WAS NOT SUBJECT TO NTSB PART 830. THIS ACCIDENT HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO AN INCIDENT.

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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