# Incident 20090531008259I: Amtr VARIEZE, Knoxville, TN, May 31, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2009, 17:30 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Knoxville Downtown Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9638° N, 83.8737° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KNOXVILLE DOWNTOWN ISLAND (DKX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9638&lon=-83.8737&mi=10
- Aircraft: N300DJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N300DJ-2018-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Jones Don E VARIEZE (registry code 05609FK, https://openairdocs.org/model/jones-don-e-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-200 (registry code 17021, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VARIEZE
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090531008259I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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