# Incident 20090216003469I: Wga HONEYBEE, Panama City, FL, February 16, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2009, 13:49 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Sandy Creek Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1027° N, 85.4792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANDY CREEK AIRPARK (75FL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1027&lon=-85.4792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N125AN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N125AN-2009-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wga HONEYBEE (registry code 05903WV, https://openairdocs.org/model/wga-honeybee) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 503 series (registry code 55564, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-503-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WGA HONEYBEE
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other 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/20090216003469I

## Narrative

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

A NON-CERTIFICATED UNQUALIFIED OWNER BOARDED A RECENTLY PURCHASED EXPERIMENTAL GYROCOPTER TO PERFORM A GROUND RUN ON THE AIRCRAFT THAT HE HAD NO EXPERIENCE ON.  ONCE THE ENGINE STARTED AND HE BOARDED THE AIRCRAFT IT STARTED MOVING FORWARD THEN MADE A SHARP RIGHT TURN AND ENTERED THE HANGER IMPACTING THE HANGER DOOR FROM THE INSIDE COMING TO A STOP.  THE INDIVIDUAL STEPPED OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TURNED DIRECTLY INTO THE RUNNING PUSHER PROPELLER SEVERING HIS LEFT SHOULDER RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.  THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THIS EVENT.

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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