# Incident 20080904844889I: Amtr LANCAIRIV, Seattle, WA, September 4, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2008, 15:00 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field/King County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5300° N, 122.3019° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOEING FLD/KING COUNTY INTL (BFI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5300&lon=-122.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89NW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89NW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hermann Bjorn LANCAIR IV (registry code 05617ZC, https://openairdocs.org/model/hermann-bjorn-lancair-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Walter M601 series (registry code 64003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/walter-m601-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRIV
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080904844889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE PULLED THE AIRCRAFT OUT OF A HANGAR USING AN ELECTRIC TOW BAR ATTACHED TO THE NOSE GEAR.  THEN PROCEEDED TO START THE ENGINE WITH THE TOW BAR STILL ATTACHED.  PROPELLER BLADES STRUCK THE TOW BAR CAUSING PROPELLER TO SUSTAIN DAMAGE TO BOTH BLADES.

## Other reports on N89NW (1)

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

- [Incident 20131031024959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131031024959I), Oct 31, 2013: Hermann Bjorn LANCAIR IV (N89NW), Fort Stockton, TX, Minor damage. On October 31, 2013, at 2115 CDT, a Lancair IV home built bearing the registration number N89NW, [privacy data omitted], had the gear collapse while landing on…

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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