# Incident 20150429006089I: Mcknight FLYBABY 1A, Hamilton, OH, April 29, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2015, 15:30 local time
- Place: Hamilton, OH
- Airport: Butler County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3943° N, 84.5655° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hamilton, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3943&lon=-84.5655&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3826, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcknight FLYBABY 1A (registry code 0562241, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcknight-flybaby-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCKNIGHT FLYBABY 1A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C75 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 110 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150429006089I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS HAND PROPPING HIS LOW WING HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE.    WHEN STARTED THE AIRCRAFT JUMPED THE CHALKS AND STARTED TO ROLL.  THE PILOT HOPPED UP ONTO THE WING AND REACHED INTO THE COKPIT TO TURN OFF THE MAGS BUT COULD NOT REACH THEM.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROLL  UNTIL IT NOSED OVER ONTO A PAVED RAMP AREA.  PILOT WAS THROWN FROM THE WING AND SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE - BENT PROP.

REVIEWED BY DWS 05/19/2015

## Other reports on N3826 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19850921067709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850921067709A), Sep 21, 1985: Amtrbw FLYBABY1 (N3826), Lebanon, MO, Substantial damage. Engine quit in flight after aircraft was washed. Possible water in fuel. Pilot had no medical or biennial.

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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