# Incident 20151111022349I: Cessna 172P, Easton, MD, November 11, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2015, 12:06 local time
- Place: Easton, MD
- Airport: Easton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7763° N, 76.0705° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Easton, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7763&lon=-76.0705&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97528, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97528) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 786 total, 786 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151111022349I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD PARKED THE AIRCRAFT AND PASSENGERS HAD DEPLANED. THE PILOT REMAINED ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WITH ENGINE RUNNING TO DIAGNOSE A HEAD SET ISSUE. BEFORE PLUGGING IN THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT STATED HE SET THE PARKING BRAKE BUT HIS FEET WERE STILL ON THE BRAKES. WHILE PLUGGING THE HEAD SET IN HE REMOVED HIS FEET FROM THE BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF IT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N97528 (1)

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

- [Accident 20140717011979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140717011979A), Jul 17, 2014: Cessna 172P (N97528), Hagerstown, MD, Substantial damage. A/c N97528 landed at Hagerstown on runway 27, and incurred a prop strike during student pilot's first solo flight. The propeller sustained damage due to…

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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