# Incident 20060524010279I: Amrgen AA5A, Bluffton, OH, May 24, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2006, 08:45 local time
- Place: Bluffton, OH
- Airport: Bluffton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8854° N, 83.8686° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUFFTON (5G7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8854&lon=-83.8686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9892U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9892U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman American Avn. AA-5A (registry code 3960106, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-american-avn-aa-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMRGEN AA5A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 537 total, 524 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060524010279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED TAHT HIS WIFE AND HE GOT IN THE AIRCRAFT TO FLY SOMEWHERE AND HE PRIMED THE ENGINE AND HIT THE START SWITCH AND NOTHING, ACTING LIKE A DEAD BATTERY. HE GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND DROVE HIS PICKUP TRUCK NEAR THE AIRCRAFT. HE CONNECTED BATTERY JUMPER CABLES FROM THE TRUCK BATTERY TO THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY. HE LEFT IT THIS WAY, GUESSING 5-10 MINUTES. THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT HIS WIFE HAVING HER FEET ON THE BRAKES. HE THEN TOLD HER TO HIT THE START SWITCH. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED MOVING AND MOVED ABOUT 5 FEET WITH THE PROPELLER GOING INTO THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR OF THE PICKUP TRUCK AND THE ENGINE QUIT. THE DAMAGE ON THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO A BENT PROPELLER.

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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