# Accident 20111006023612A: Cessna 177RG, Westerly, RI, October 6, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2011, 16:25 local time
- Place: Westerly, RI
- Airport: Westerly State Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3431° N, 71.8019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3431&lon=-71.8019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177MW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N177MW) (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: LYCOMING IO-360-A1B6D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,494 total, 862 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12CA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111006023612A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OWNS A C-177RG. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED WHITE PLAINS AIRPORT ON OCTOBER 06,2011 AND WAS ENROUTE TO WESTERLY STATE AIRPORT TO TALK TO AN AIRCRAFT BROKER ABOUT SELLING HIS AIRPLANE, A C-177RG. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD LANDED AT WESTERLY STATE AIRPORT AND HAD TAXIED TO THE WESTERLY STATE AIRPORT TERMINAL, SHUT HIS AIRCRAFT DOWN,AND WENT INSIDE THE TERMINAL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INFORMED WHEN HE WAS INSIDE THE WESTERLY STATE AIRPORT TERMINAL THAT HE HAD LEFT THE MASTER SWITCH ON TO HIS AIRPLANE. WHEN INSIDE THE WESTERLY STATE AIRPORT TERMINAL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOUND THAT HE WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE AIRPORT TO CONDUCT HIS BUSINESS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LEFT THE WESTERLY STATE AIRPORT TERMINAL AND TAXIED TO DOONEY AVIATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE WESTERLY STATE AIRPORT. WHEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAXING TO DOONEY AVIATION HE HAD LEFT HIS SEAT BELT HANGING OUTSIDE HIS DOOR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD STOPPED HIS AIRPLANE OUTSIDE DOONEY AVIATION AND HAD CONDUCTED HIS BUSINESS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ONE HOUR BEFORE RETURNING TO HIS AIRPLANE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PREPARED TO DEPART IN HIS C-177RG. WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD USED A START PROCEDURE WITH THE THROTTLE AT FULL AND THE MIXTURE FULL LEAN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WOULD SWAP THE THROTTLE AND MIXTURE WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED. ONCE THE ENGINE STARTED THE AIRCRAFT HAD STARTED TO MOVE. INITIALLY THE C-177  WENT TO THE RIGHT THEN THE AIRCRAFT WENT TO THE LEFT AND THEN COLLIDED WITH A C425 PARKED 50-75 FT IN FRONT OF THE C-177RG. THE LEFT WING OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ C-177RG CONTACTING THE LEFT PROPELLER OF THE C425 FIRST THEN THE C-177RG TURNED AS A RESULT OF THE CONTACT AND THE OPERATING PROPELLER OF THE C-177RG CONTACTED THE LEFT WING TIP OF THE C425. ON A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE PARKING BRAKE WAS SET, BUT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO MOVE AFTER THE ENGINE STARTED. PICTURES TAKEN AT THE SCENE SHOW THE PARKING BRAKE OFF WITH THE TROTTLE STILL AT FULL. AN INSPECTION OF THE C-177RG BY BOS FSDO MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR, SHOWED NO LEAKS AND WITH THE PARKING BRAKE SET THE C-177RG WOULD NOT BUDGE.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SENT HIS PILOT LOGBOOK AND LAST ENTRIES OF THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOGBOOK. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT LOGBOOK DOESN'T SHOW TOTAL TIME, CONDITIONS FLEW IN OR LANDINGS LOGGED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOBBOOK SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT IS AIRWORTHY ACCORDING TO CURRENT REGULATIONS.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N232GM, Cessna 425: no report for this aircraft; [N232GM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N232GM) is registered now

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB ERA12CA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA025), Oct 6, 2011: Cessna 177RG (N177MW), Westerly, RI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control while starting the engine.

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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