# Accident 20250327003229A: Cessna 175, Rifle, CO, March 27, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2025, 10:00 local time
- Place: Rifle, CO
- Airport: Rifle Garfield County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5266° N, 107.7280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIFLE GARFIELD COUNTY (RIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5266&lon=-107.7280&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9310B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9310B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175 (registry code 2072502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GO-300 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,520 total, 500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250327003229A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REFUELED THE AIRPLANE AT THE SELF-SERVICE FUEL PUMP LOCATED AT RIFLE GARFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT (KRIL). AFTER REFUELING THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT REPOSITIONED THE AIRPLANE TO THE RAMP FOR STARTUP. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO START THE AIRCRAFT BUT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT START. THE PILOT CALLED A MECHANIC TO DISCUSS OPTIONS ON HOW TO GET THE AIRCRAFT STARTED. THE PILOT DECIDED TO START THE AIRCRAFT MANUALLY BY TURNING THE PROPELLER BY HAND. THE PILOT STATED HE CHOCKED THE WHEELS OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SET THE PARKING BRAKE PRIOR TO HAND STARTING THE AIRCRAFT. HE THEN BEGAN TO TURN THE PROPELLER TO START THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED AND THE PILOT STATED THAT THE PROPELLER IMMEDIATELY WENT TO HIGH RPM. IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT JUMPED THE WHEEL CHOCKS AND BEGAN ROLLING FORWARD. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED INTO A PARKED CESSNA 171 AIRPLANE AND THEN HIT A HANGAR DAMAGING A PIPER MALIBU AIRPLANE PARKED IN THE HANGAR.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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