# Incident 20111217028169I: Moore Warren VANS RV-4, Tomball, TX, December 17, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2011, 14:36 local time
- Place: Tomball, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0618° N, 95.5528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEML (DWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0618&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N223WM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N223WM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Moore Warren VANS RV-4 (registry code 0560772, https://openairdocs.org/model/moore-warren-vans-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOORE WARREN VANS RV-4
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 985 total, 585 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111217028169I

## Narrative

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

DURING GROUND TAXI OPERATIONS AT DWH AIRPORT, AT APPROXIMATELY 14:36 HOURS ON 12/17/2011, N223WM, AN EXPERIMENTAL RV-4,  WAS GIVEN THE AUTHORITY BY DWH TOWER/GROUND OPERATIONS TO TAXI TO TAXI WAY ECHO BEHIND A BARRON, N1RT. WHILE PASSING BEHIND BARRON N1RT, N223WM ENCOUNTERED THE TURBULENCE OF THE BARRONS PROPELLERS PERFORMING A HIGH POWER ENGINE RUN UP. THE TURBULENCE WEATHERVEINED N223WM AND TIPPED IT ONTO ITS NOSE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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