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Incident · Substantial damage
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FAA incident report · Amtr VARIEZE · Knoxville, TN · May 31, 2009

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Date
May 31, 2009 · 17:30 local
Place
Knoxville, TN
Airport
Knoxville Downtown Island
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N300DJ
Reported as
Amtr Varieze
Reported engine
Continental O200*
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total1,100 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days
N300DJRegistration cancelled May 3, 2018 · Jones Don E VARIEZES/N 1098 · Built 1981Airframe modelJones Don E VARIEZEEngine modelContinental IO-200Reciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted pulled the propeller through by hand after a failed start attempt due to flooding. As privacy data omitted pulled the propeller through the engine started as he neglected to return the throttle to the closed position. The airplane started across the ramp gaining speed as privacy data omitted attempted to hold onto the winglet. The airplane pulled free from his and and struck a fixed object and cartwheeled into a parked airplane.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PULLED THE PROPELLER THROUGH BY HAND AFTER A FAILED START ATTEMPT DUE TO FLOODING. AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PULLED THE PROPELLER THROUGH THE ENGINE STARTED AS HE NEGLECTED TO RETURN THE THROTTLE TO THE CLOSED POSITION. THE AIRPLANE STARTED ACROSS THE RAMP GAINING SPEED AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO HOLD ONTO THE WINGLET. THE AIRPLANE PULLED FREE FROM HIS AND AND STRUCK A FIXED OBJECT AND CARTWHEELED INTO A PARKED AIRPLANE.