20240826012309I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172Q · Gaithersburg, MD · August 26, 2024

Date
August 26, 2024 · 12:00 local
Place
Gaithersburg, MD
Airport
Montgomery County Airpark
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
7WIS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N911AT
Reported as
Cessna 172Q
Reported engine
NONE NONE
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Maintenance personnel started engine with the intent to taxi from the ramp area adjacent to the maintenance hanger and move the aircraft to it's parking space on the flightline. When the engine was started the RPM was higher that anticipated. The maintenance person tried to reduce the RPM by moving the throttle. He accidently added power instead of reducing power. He tried to hold the brakes without success and the aircraft rolled into the maintenance hanger to his right and hit a forklift. Propeller was destroyed, damage to right side of engine cowl, damage to wing strut, damage to right wing. No persons were injured.

As the FAA filed it

MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL STARTED ENGINE WITH THE INTENT TO TAXI FROM THE RAMP AREA ADJACENT TO THE MAINTENANCE HANGER AND MOVE THE AIRCRAFT TO IT'S PARKING SPACE ON THE FLIGHTLINE. WHEN THE ENGINE WAS STARTED THE RPM WAS HIGHER THAT ANTICIPATED. THE MAINTENANCE PERSON TRIED TO REDUCE THE RPM BY MOVING THE THROTTLE. HE ACCIDENTLY ADDED POWER INSTEAD OF REDUCING POWER. HE TRIED TO HOLD THE BRAKES WITHOUT SUCCESS AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED INTO THE MAINTENANCE HANGER TO HIS RIGHT AND HIT A FORKLIFT. PROPELLER WAS DESTROYED, DAMAGE TO RIGHT SIDE OF ENGINE COWL, DAMAGE TO WING STRUT, DAMAGE TO RIGHT WING. NO PERSONS WERE INJURED.