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Incident · Substantial damage
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FAA incident report · Cessna 177B · Elk Grove, CA · May 14, 2001

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Date
May 14, 2001 · 09:00 local
Place
Elk Grove, CA
Airport
Sunset Skyranch Airport
Phase of flight
Starting Engines
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N11566
Reported as
Cessna 177B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total1,200 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days
N11566Registered now · Cessna 177BS/N 17702348 · Built 1975Airframe modelCessna 177BEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)The pilot left the master switch on the night before the incident, and the battery was drained in order to get the aircraft started the pilot propped the airplane. The airplane was not tied down nor was it chalked. The pilot had his wife, a non-rated pilot, in the airplane to throttle back if the airplane was idling too fast once started. Instead she added full throttle and the airplane lurched forward and hit N1668F, a Cessna 172.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE PILOT LEFT THE MASTER SWITCH ON THE NIGHT BEFORE THE INCIDENT, AND THE BATTERY WAS DRAINED IN ORDER TO GET THE AIRCRAFT STARTED THE PILOT PROPPED THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT TIED DOWN NOR WAS IT CHALKED. THE PILOT HAD HIS WIFE, A NON-RATED PILOT, IN THE AIRPLANE TO THROTTLE BACK IF THE AIRPLANE WAS IDLING TOO FAST ONCE STARTED. INSTEAD SHE ADDED FULL THROTTLE AND THE AIRPLANE LURCHED FORWARD AND HIT N1668F, A CESSNA 172.