# Incident 19940123004179I: Cessna 177B, Norwood, MA, January 23, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1994, 10:15 local time
- Place: Norwood, MA
- Airport: Norwood Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1905° N, 71.1729° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORWOOD MEML (OWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1905&lon=-71.1729&mi=10
- Aircraft: N544PZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N544PZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 630 total, 525 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940123004179I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE:(IDENTITY EXPUNGED) STATED TO ME IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION, THAT HE WAS NOT IN HIS AIRCRAFT CE-177B, N544PZ WHEN IT STRUCK N41538, A PA-34 AT NORWOOD MEMORIAL AIRPORT, NORWOOD, MA (OWD) ON SUNDAY 01-23-94. THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS. (-1) THE ENGINE OF N544PZ WAS PREHEATED AND A START WAS ATTEMPTED AT ABOUT 10:00 AM. THIS WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL AND A CLICKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. (2) AT THIS TIME (IDENTITY EXPUNGED) TURNED OFF THE SWITCHES AND GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT TO PULL THE PROP THROUGH. HE SAID, "HIS INTENT WAS NOT TO START THE ENGINE BUT TO CLEAR THE CYLINDERS." HE SAID THAT HE HAD READ THAT THIS WAS GOOD PRACTICE WHEN ATTEMPTING COLD WEATHER STARTS. (3) THE ENGINE DID START AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED IT'S PARKING SPACE.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE SEATED IN THE REAR PASSENGER SEATS.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                (4) THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET WITHOUT ANYONE AT THE CONTROLS BEFORE IT STRUCK N41538. (5) DURING THE PERIOD THAT THE AIRCRAFT LEFT IT'S PARKING SPOT AND STRUCK N41538 (IDENTITY EXPUNGED) RAN ALONGSIDE AND MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO ENTER THE AIRCRAFT AND BRING IT UNDER CONTROL. (6) I            N CONCLUSION,^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ WITNESSED (IDENTITY EXPUNGED) RUNNING ALONGSIDE N544PZ ATTEMPTING TO RE-ENTER IT, AND HAS PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. HE HAS ALSO PROVIDED PHOTOS THAT SHOW THE RAMP CONDITIONS AND THE RELATIVE POSITIONS OF BOTH AIRCRAFT AFTER THE IMPACT.

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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