# Incident 20150706012259I: Piper PA-28-180, Half Moon Bay, CA, July 6, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2015, 13:30 local time
- Place: Half Moon Bay, CA
- Airport: Half Moon Bay Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5134° N, 122.5012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HALF MOON BAY (HAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5134&lon=-122.5012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4905L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4905L-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (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: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150706012259I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INTENDED FOR FLIGHT. AIRMAN STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO START THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE INTENTION OF CHARGING THE BATTERY AND TAXIING TO THE FUEL TANK FOR FUEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON THE SOUTH TRANSIENT RAMP OVER THE NIGHTS OF 7/4/2015 AND 7/5/2015. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT THE BATTERY WAS EITHER WEAK OR DEAD AND THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT START. HE STARTED THE PLANE BY HAND PROPPING THE ENGINE. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO BOARD THE AIRPLANE FROM THE REAR OF THE RIGHT WING, HE SAID THE AIRPLANE JUMPED THE CHOCK WHEN HE ADDED HIS WEIGHT TO THE STEP AND THE NOSE ELEVATED OVER THE CHOCK.  THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO MOVE WITHOUT ANYONE ON BOARD CAME TO A STOP IN A DRAINAGE DITCH. THE DITCH IS LOCATED A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE WEST OF WHERE THE AIRPLANE WAS PARKED.

THE AIRMAN SUSTAINED MINOR ABRASIONS TO HIS NOSE, LEFT HAND KNUCKLES AND FOREARM AS A RESULT OF HIS SLIPPING OFF OF THE TRAILING EDGE OF THE WING.

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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