# Incident 20200816014219I: Link John W Jr RV-8, Port Orange, FL, August 16, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2020, 12:20 local time
- Place: Port Orange, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1134° N, 81.0132° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Orange, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1134&lon=-81.0132&mi=10
- Aircraft: N360JL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N360JL-2022-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Link John W JR RV-8 (registry code 056103Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/link-john-w-jr-rv-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LINK JOHN W JR RV-8
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,450 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200816014219I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT TOOK ONE CHILD FOR A BRIEF FLIGHT. WHEN SWAPPING OUT THE CHILD PASSENGER HE LEFT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE RUNNING AT IDLE, STEPPED OUT AND APPROACHED FROM THE REAR TO AID THE CHILD IN EXITING THE AIRCRAFT. WHEN HE HELPED ONE CHILD OUT, THE CHILD ACCIDENTALLY KICKED THE THROTTLE TO FULL. THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO MOVE IN LEFT CIRCLES. THE PILOT DROPPED THE CHILD BACK INTO THE SEAT AND HELD ON TO THE AIRCRAFT AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. WHEN HE COULD NO LONGER HOLD ON HE WAS THROWN FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND ATTEMPTED TO ROLL OUT OF THE WAY. HIS ANKLE WAS STRUCK BY THE TAILWHEEL. A BYSTANDER IN A GOLF CART SAW THIS AND STRUCK THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RIGHT SIDE WITH THE GOLF CART IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT.THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED STRAIGHT ACROSS A TAXIWAY BEFORE STRIKING A HANGAR DOOR. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH THE HANGAR DOOR. THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS RUPTURED. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS DAMAGED. THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE WERE DAMAGED. THE WINGTIPS WERE DAMAGED.

NEITHER PILOT NOR PASSENGER WERE IMMEDIATELY TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL (THEY REFUSED). THEY LATER WENT ON THEIR OWN. THE CHILD PASSENGER HIT HEAR HEAD ON THE PANEL. THE PILOT HAD SCRAPES, BRUISES AND SWELLING OF HIS ANKLE. ON 8/27/20 IT WAS LEARNED THAT THE CHILD DID IN FACT RECEIVE A BROKEN NOSE WHICH WAS DESCRIBED AS ?NOT OUT OF LINE BUT A SMALL FRACTURE? AND HAD A SMALL PROCEDURE TO CORRECT IT.

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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