# Incident 20121101023799I: Wells Elgin M STARJAMMER, Pensacola, FL, November 1, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2012, 11:50 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Forrest Sherman Field30
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4410° N, 87.1912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pensacola, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4410&lon=-87.1912&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49EW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49EW-2019-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wells Elgin M STARJAMMER (registry code 056289X, https://openairdocs.org/model/wells-elgin-m-starjammer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360 series (registry code 41881, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WELLS ELGIN M STARJAMMER
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 166 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/20121101023799I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS TAXIING TO RAMP AREA AFTER PERFORMING AIRSHOW ROUTINE DURING PRACTICE DAY OF AIRSHOW.  AIRCRAFT PROPELLER  STRUCK 4 FOOT TALL LIGHT GREEN FIRE BOTTLE AT END OF FLIGHT LINE IN RAMP AREA, DAMAGING PROPELLER.

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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