# Incident 20120603019189I: Livingston STEEN SKYBOLT, Manchester, MI, June 3, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Manchester, MI
- Airport: Rossettie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1951° N, 84.0309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROSSETTIE (75G), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1951&lon=-84.0309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9992, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9992) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Livingston STEEN SKYBOLT (registry code 0565511, https://openairdocs.org/model/livingston-steen-skybolt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LIVINGSTON STEEN SKYBOLT
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,689 total, 28 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120603019189I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS GOING THROUGH ITS ANNUAL INSPECTION. ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (PILOT) WENT OUT TO PERFORM SYSTEMS CHECKS, MAINTENANCE ENGINE RUNS AND A TAXI CHECK. DURING THE ENGINE RUN UP, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE WAS NOT COMING UP. THE OPERATOR/ PILOT DECIDED TO TAKE IT ON THE RUNWAY AND DO A HIGH SPEED TAXI, IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE TO INCREASE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ACCELERATED TO APPROX... 40-50 KTS. THE TAIL WAS OFF THE GROUND. THE POWER WAS BROUGHT BACK TO IDLE, AND THE TAIL HELD UP. A GUST OF WIND CAME ONTO THE AIRCRAFT, PITCHING IT NOSE DOWN, STRIKING THE PROPELLER AND EVENTUALLY FLIPPING IT ON ITS BACK.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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