# Incident 20080827844979I: Cessna 177RG, Carlsbad, CA, August 27, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2008, 12:35 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Mc Clellan-Palomar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1283° N, 117.2801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC CLELLAN-PALOMAR (CRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1283&lon=-117.2801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177TM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N177TM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,450 total, 100 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080827844979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER STARTING THE AIRCRAFT UP, THE PILOT REALIZED THAT HE HAD NOT REMOVED THE WHEEL CHOCKS.  THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, KICKED THE RIGHT AND LEFT CHOCKS OUT FROM THE TIRES, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN MOVING UNDER ITS OWN POWER.  THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GET BACK IN THE AIRCRAFT OR STOP THE AIRCRAFT AND IT TAXIED APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET AND STRUCK ANOTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH.

## Other reports on N177TM (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120829017759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120829017759I), Aug 29, 2012: Cessna 177RG (N177TM), Big Spring, TX, Minor damage. On August 29, 2012, the instructor and student departed Big Spring airport (bpg) at approximately 1300 CDT in a Cessna CE-177-RG. According to the instructor,…
- [Incident 20040305001879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040305001879I), Mar 5, 2004: Cessna 177RG (N177TM), Carlsbad, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot rented aircraft from a local fixed base operator and intended on leaving on a night time, long cross country flight. A VFR flight plan was filed.…

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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