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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Patrick R Porter F1 · Albuquerque, NM · July 15, 2012

Date
July 15, 2012 · 10:00 local
Place
Albuquerque, NM
Airport
Double Eagle II
Phase of flight
Run-Up Area
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N253XY
Reported as
Patrick R Porter F1
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540-D4A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
680 total52 in this make and model75 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.

High density altitude day. On runup engine stopped. Pilot preformed hot start procedure and forgot to close the throttle. Engine started abruptly with full throttle, tail lifted up and prop struck pavement. No injuries. Prop destroyed, no other damage.

As the FAA filed it

HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE DAY. ON RUNUP ENGINE STOPPED. PILOT PREFORMED HOT START PROCEDURE AND FORGOT TO CLOSE THE THROTTLE. ENGINE STARTED ABRUPTLY WITH FULL THROTTLE, TAIL LIFTED UP AND PROP STRUCK PAVEMENT. NO INJURIES. PROP DESTROYED, NO OTHER DAMAGE.