# Incident 20070803015259I: Amcnlg AL3, Fresno, CA, August 3, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2007, 08:00 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Fresno Yosemite International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7766° N, 119.7188° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRESNO YOSEMITE INTL (FAT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7766&lon=-119.7188&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18MK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18MK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Legend AL3 (registry code 060002K, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-legend-al3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMCNLG AL3
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070803015259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A MAINTENANCE RUN-UP, THE MECHANIC APPARENTLY STARTED THE ENGINE WITH THE THROTTLE IN THE FULL FORWARD POSITION. THIS POSITION OF THE THROTTLE CAUSED THE ENGINE TO START-UP AT FULL POWER. UPON START-UP, THE MECHANIC BECAME STARTLED AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES, WHICH WAS TOO LATE, THEREBY LOSING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND HITTING A HANGAR. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE RESULTED TO THE LEFT WING. THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS WORKING BUT APPARENTLY THE MECHANIC RELEASED THE BRAKES AS HE WAS TRYING TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE DETERMINATION OF CLASSIFYING THIS SITUATION AS IN INCIDENT WEAS MADE FROM THE FACT THAT THE AIRCRAFT OPERATION WAS BEING ACCOMPLISHED FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES AND WITHOUT THE INTENT TO OPERATE FOR AIR NAVIGATION. FURTHERMORE, AFTER INTERVIEWING THE MECHANIC IT WEAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO CARELESSNESS OR RECKLESS OF INTENT AND FAR 91.13(B) WAS NOT CITED IN THIS SITUATION.

## Other reports on N18MK (1)

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

- [Incident 20090903015339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090903015339I), Sep 3, 2009: Amcnlg AL3 (N18MK), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Upon landing on 29L at fat, the pilot felt his rear passenger (tandem seats) apply right rudder. The pilot countered with left rudder and brake, however,…

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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