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To all the young aspering pilots out there. I saw an incednt today at the airport I dispatch out of. At a flying school a man started up a 172 and it bolted out of his paking spot out on the taxi way knocking several taxi way light over, nose Wheel started to lift and he was almost airborne on the taxi way, but he got her slowed down and stoped off the taxi way. When I asked him if he was allright he said yes, I asked him what happened, he siad the throttle was full in. He said he forgot to go over the checklist. DOH. So as boring as those checklist are they are there for your safty and the safty of others, Please use the checklist untill you got it down pat, evan then it dosnt hurt to glance at it once and a while.  

Checklist or no, his mind obviously wasn't on what he was doing. Full throttle at startup...!?
I'm pretty sure I have 172 procedures down pat at this point, but I still have that checklist in hand during each critical phase of the flight, including startup. It's just a smart habit.

I went flying last weekend and there was a different checklist  in the airplane than there was usually, but it was still for a 172.  I was surprised with how different it was, I have the usual one mostly memorized so I went through it in my head checking myself as I went along though.  I was taught to keep my hand on the throttle throughout start up, from the turn of the key to 700-800 RPM.  He probably shouldn't have gone flying that day.

I was taught that once the engine started in the 172, you should pull the throttle back or adjust to about 1000 RPM immedietly and monitor for oil pressure.  Sometime if the plane doesnt start, while cranking, Id move the throttle in and then pull back when it gets going.  Im thinking, that if his brakes were set according to the checklist, he would have had just enough time to stop it in time, maybe that was the problem?  I dunno

But ya, always follow checklists.  Going over them over and over again, theres still room to forget stuff.

He probably shouldn't have gone flying that day.

Exactly.