# Incident 20060329005769I: Amtr VARIEZE, Plant City, FL, March 29, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2006, 19:30 local time
- Place: Plant City, FL
- Airport: Plant City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0002° N, 82.1633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLANT CITY (PCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0002&lon=-82.1633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N39DT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39DT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Zabler Gene D VARIEZE (registry code 056093H, https://openairdocs.org/model/zabler-gene-d-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VARIEZE
- Reported engine: AMTR O200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060329005769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 29, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 16:45 HRS, AT THE PLANT CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (PCM) AN AMATEUR CERTIFICATED AIRCRAFT (VARIEZE) REGISTRATION N39DT HAD AN INCIDENT WHILE MAINTENANCE WAS BEING PERFORMED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHILE LIFTING UP THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO EXTEND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SO HE COULD ENTER THE COCKPIT TO COMPLETE A MAINTENANCE CHECK, THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED OVER BACKWARD ON THE MAIN GEAR HITTING THE PROP WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. THE PROP WAS DAMAGED AND THE ENGINE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THERE WAS NO OTHER APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO OTHER PEOPLE OR AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO ANY EQUIPMENT OR PROPERTY AT THE AIRFIELD.

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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