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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Antare MA34R912RANG · San Jose, CA · August 22, 2009

Date
August 22, 2009 · 18:00 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Airport
Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara C
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2356W
Reported as
Antare MA34R912RANG
Reported engine
ROTAX 912UL
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) The accident aircraft and pilot had just completed an instruction flight and debrief. The instructor pilot was initiating a flight to return to south county airport (E16) and upon initial start up of the engine, the engine went full throttle. The aircraft veered right 90 degrees to its original parked postition and collided with two other parked aircraft coming to rest in a near vertical nose high position resting on the tail of N1806G with N800NA being dragged behind with the control cables of the accident aircraft wrapped around N800NA propeller and spinner. The engine stopped when the aircraft came to rest on the propeller as it struck the ground when the accident aircraft rode up the tail of N1866G (the accident aircraft is a pusher with the engine and prop in the rear).

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT AND PILOT HAD JUST COMPLETED AN INSTRUCTION FLIGHT AND DEBRIEF. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS INITIATING A FLIGHT TO RETURN TO SOUTH COUNTY AIRPORT (E16) AND UPON INITIAL START UP OF THE ENGINE, THE ENGINE WENT FULL THROTTLE. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT 90 DEGREES TO ITS ORIGINAL PARKED POSTITION AND COLLIDED WITH TWO OTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST IN A NEAR VERTICAL NOSE HIGH POSITION RESTING ON THE TAIL OF N1806G WITH N800NA BEING DRAGGED BEHIND WITH THE CONTROL CABLES OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT WRAPPED AROUND N800NA PROPELLER AND SPINNER. THE ENGINE STOPPED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE PROPELLER AS IT STRUCK THE GROUND WHEN THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT RODE UP THE TAIL OF N1866G (THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT IS A PUSHER WITH THE ENGINE AND PROP IN THE REAR).