# Incident 20100323029962I: Aeropro Cz EUROFOX LSA, Sellersburg, IN, March 23, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2010, 13:15 local time
- Place: Sellersburg, IN
- Airport: Clark Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3666° N, 85.7381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLARK RGNL (JVY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3666&lon=-85.7381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N829BM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N829BM-2010-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeropro CZ EUROFOX LSA (registry code 0600024, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeropro-cz-eurofox-lsa) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROPRO CZ EUROFOX LSA
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,994 total, 67 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100323029962I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 23, 2010, AT THE JEFFERSONVILLE -CLARK REGIONAL AIRPORT (JVY) LOCATED IN SELLERSBURG, INDIANA, AT APPROXIMATELY 1315 HOURS LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WITH NO INTENT TO FLY, PLACED A WOODEN CHOCK UNDER ONE OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEELS AND REMOVED THE UPPER ENGINE COWL FROM A 2007 AEROPRO EUROFOX, REGISTRATION N829BM, SERIAL NUMBER 21707. DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HANGAR NUMBER 3, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WORKING ALONE, THEN ATTEMPTED TO TROUBLE SHOOT AN ENGINE STARTING PROBLEM ON THE EUROFOX AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE EUROFOX ENGINE STARTED WHEN HIS RIGHT KNEE CONTACTED THE STARTER SWITCH AS HE ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE UNOCCUPIED AIRCRAFT. THE EUROFOX'S ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO JUMP THE WOODEN CHOCK AND SURGE FORWARD.THE UNOCCUPIED EUROFOX AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET UNTIL IT STRUCK A GATES LEARJET CORP, LR-35A, REGISTRATION N376HA, SERIAL NUMBER 477. THE EUROFOX'S RIGHT WING FORWARD LEADING EDGE AND WING TIP STRUCK THE LEARJET EMPENNAGE TAIL SECTION. THE IMPACT CAUSED BOTH THE LEARJET AND THE EUROFOX TO PIVOT IN CLOCKWISE DIRECTIONS. THE EUROFOX ROTATED TO A POSITION WHICH PERMITTED ITS COMPOSITE PROPELLER TO DISINERGRATE AS IT CONTACTED THE LEARJET'S LEFT OUTBOARD WING, AILERON, AND FUEL TANK. THE EUROFOX'S ENGINE CEASED OPERATING SHORTLY AFTER CONTACT WITH THE OTHER AIRCRAFT.THE EUROFOX SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS ENTIRE WING STRUCTURE, WING STRUTS, PROPELLER, FORWARD FUSELAGE, FIREWALL, AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE LEARJET SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE EMPENAGE TAIL SECTION, WING STRUCTURE, AND FUSELAGE. THERE WAS VISABLE DAMAGE TO THE WING AT THE WING ROOT AND TO THE FUSELAGE AT AREAS ABOVE, BELOW, FORWARD, AND AFT OF THE WING ROOT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED A BROKEN FINGER AND A CUT ON THE KNUCKLE OF HIS LEFT HAND.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N376HA, Gates Learj LR-35: no report for this aircraft in the release

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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