# Incident 20010514011439I: Cessna 177B, Elk Grove, CA, May 14, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2001, 09:00 local time
- Place: Elk Grove, CA
- Airport: Sunset Skyranch Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4088° N, 121.3716° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elk Grove, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4088&lon=-121.3716&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11566, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11566) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010514011439I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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