# Incident 20120122001919I: Bellanca 17-30A, Leonardtown, MD, January 22, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 2012, 14:22 local time
- Place: Leonardtown, MD
- Airport: St Mary'S County Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3157° N, 76.5522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST MARY'S COUNTY RGNL (2W6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3157&lon=-76.5522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N711LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N711LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30A (registry code 1220433, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELLANCA 17-30A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120122001919I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CERTIFICATED AIRMAN, WHILE DEPLOYED OVERSEAS FOR THE MILITARY, INSTRUCTED HIS NON-CERTIFICATED WIFE TO ENLIST THE HELP FROM THE AIRPORT STAFF TO RUN THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS CONCERNED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF AIRWORTHINESS ISSUES WITH HIS AIRCRAFT DUE TO THE 14 MONTH INACTIVITY IT WOULD BE SUBJECTED TO DURING HIS DEPLOYMENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FELT WITH THE FAMILIARIZATION SHE HAD WITH THIS AIRCRAFT SHE WOULD BE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE PROCEDURE.  UPON ENGINE START THE THROTTLE WAS INADVERTENTLY SELECTED TO THE FULL THROTTLE POSITION.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL BOTH THE SPEED OF THE ENGINE AND THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTING AN ADJACENT HANGAR. THE HANGAR SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED SERIOUS BODILY INJURY TO INCLUDE A BROKEN JAW AND 3 INCH LACERATION ON HER FOREHEAD.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS AT THE CONTROLS OF THE AIRCRAFT IN THE LEFT SEAT AND HER 17 YEAR OLD NEPHEW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT AS AN OBSERVER.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.