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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Nanchang China CJ-6A · Glendale, AZ · January 21, 2012

Date
January 21, 2012 · 10:47 local
Place
Glendale, AZ
Airport
Glendale Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N620DM
Reported as
Nanchang China CJ-6A
Reported engine
Vendenyev M14P
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
19,500 total789 in this make and model12 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.

Airman was participating in the "young eagles" program, donating airplane rides in his CJ-6. Airman advises that he counsels his passengers about how to operate the brakes and also not to touch the red switch, located on the control stick. After engine start, he asked his passenger to test his brakes. The passenger subsequently hit the switch on the control stick which releases all hydraulic and air pressure. This induced a loss of control and braking. (Air brakes are installed on this a/c)the airman cut the mixture and shortly thereafter impacted a cement wall. No injuries were sustained. The propeller is destroyed, and minor damage to the right wingtip, and right side of bottom cowling.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN WAS PARTICIPATING IN THE "YOUNG EAGLES" PROGRAM, DONATING AIRPLANE RIDES IN HIS CJ-6. AIRMAN ADVISES THAT HE COUNSELS HIS PASSENGERS ABOUT HOW TO OPERATE THE BRAKES AND ALSO NOT TO TOUCH THE RED SWITCH, LOCATED ON THE CONTROL STICK. AFTER ENGINE START, HE ASKED HIS PASSENGER TO TEST HIS BRAKES. THE PASSENGER SUBSEQUENTLY HIT THE SWITCH ON THE CONTROL STICK WHICH RELEASES ALL HYDRAULIC AND AIR PRESSURE. THIS INDUCED A LOSS OF CONTROL AND BRAKING. (AIR BRAKES ARE INSTALLED ON THIS A/C)THE AIRMAN CUT THE MIXTURE AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER IMPACTED A CEMENT WALL. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.THE PROPELLER IS DESTROYED, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WINGTIP, AND RIGHT SIDE OF BOTTOM COWLING.