# NTSB ATL07CA003: Hadwise Varieze, N222DQ, Enterprise, AL, October 8, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 8, 2006, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Enterprise, AL
- Coordinates: 31.2833333333333, -85.8994444444445
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2833&lon=-85.8994&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 26, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Birmingham FSDO-09
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64739
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL07CA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64739/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA003

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper starting procedure, which resulted in an uncommanded aircraft movement and collision with a hanger.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, standing - starting engine(s)
  - starting procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, other
  - object - hangar/airport building

## Analysis

The pilot stated that while hand-propping the airplane's engine as required to start it, the engine started and the airplane began to move. He stated that it gathered speed rapidly and he was unable to stop it. The airplane taxied unmanned approximately 500 feet before colliding into a T-hangar. The pilot reported that the front three-feet of the airplane was destroyed. The pilot stated that the airplane was not chocked at the time of engine start.

## Factual narrative

On October 8, 2006, at 1600 central daylight time, an experimental Varieze, N222DQ, registered to and operated by a private owner as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, experienced an un-commanded movement during start up and collided with a hangar at Enterprise Municipal Airport, Enterprise, Alabama. The airplane received substantial damage. Visual meteorological condition prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The commercial-rated pilot reported no injuries. The local flight was originating at the time of the accident.

The pilot stated that while hand-propping the airplane's engine as required to start it, the engine started and the airplane began to move. He stated that it gathered speed rapidly and he was unable to stop it. The airplane taxied unmanned approximately 500 feet before colliding into a T-hangar. The pilot reported that the front three-feet of the airplane was destroyed. The pilot stated that the airplane was not chocked at the time of engine start.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N222DQ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N222DQ-2007-02-21), registration cancelled 2007-02-21, S/N 222, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Hadwise Varieze
- Registry model: [Kevern Jh/Hewison CM VARIEZE](https://openairdocs.org/model/kevern-jh-hewison-cm-varieze) (registry code 05609QF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 222
- Airframe hours: 700
- Engines: Continental O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: David A. Quimby
- Registered owner: David A. Quimby
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 2006, 4 hours before
- Departed: EDN, ENTERPRISE, AL
- Destination: EDN, ENTERPRISE, AL
- Airport: EDN, Enterprise Muni

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: helicopter; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 1, 2006; flight hours: 17,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 16,700 as pilot in command, 142 in the last 90 days, 65 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter: 30.04 inHg
- Observed at: KOZR, 9 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20061008021409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061008021409A), Oct 8, 2006: Amtr VARIEZE, Enterprise, AL, Substantial damage. (-23) During hand prop start for ground runup of aircraft, pilot inadvertently lost control when aircraft went to power. Aircraft ground taxied unmanned until…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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