Narrative:

At [this] station there is no tug or pushback device. The aircraft is parked and then moves under its own power turning sharply right away from the terminal to taxi. Once the door had been closed I released the parking brake to get the out time and we ran the engine start checklist. We secured the cockpit and I signaled '2' and the ground personnel pointed and signaled to start the number 2 engine. After the start I signaled '1' and the ground personnel pointed and signaled to start the number 1 engine. Once the engine was started; we proceeded to do the taxi flow and I called for the taxi check. I had released pressure on the brakes to check the rudder movement full deflection to both sides. I then noticed that the aircraft had begun to move forward and immediately stepped on the brakes; stopping the aircraft after about three feet of movement. The ground crew had removed the chocks without a signal from the flight deck. We were close enough to the terminal building I wanted to make sure we still had enough room to make the turn out to the ramp under our own power. None of the ground crew had headsets or were able to plug into the intercom to talk to the flight deck. We called operations to explain the situation and have someone come out to communicate to the ground crew and make sure we were still clear and able to make the turn out. A ramp supervisor finally came out and cleared our turn and we uneventfully turned out onto the ramp.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-200 flight crew reported that after starting engines with the parking brake released; the aircraft rolled forward when the ramp crew removed the chocks without advising the flight deck.

Narrative: At [this] station there is no tug or pushback device. The aircraft is parked and then moves under its own power turning sharply right away from the terminal to taxi. Once the door had been closed I released the parking brake to get the out time and we ran the engine start checklist. We secured the cockpit and I signaled '2' and the ground personnel pointed and signaled to start the number 2 engine. After the start I signaled '1' and the ground personnel pointed and signaled to start the number 1 engine. Once the engine was started; we proceeded to do the Taxi flow and I called for the Taxi check. I had released pressure on the brakes to check the rudder movement full deflection to both sides. I then noticed that the aircraft had begun to move forward and immediately stepped on the brakes; stopping the aircraft after about three feet of movement. The ground crew had removed the chocks without a signal from the flight deck. We were close enough to the terminal building I wanted to make sure we still had enough room to make the turn out to the ramp under our own power. None of the ground crew had headsets or were able to plug into the intercom to talk to the flight deck. We called Operations to explain the situation and have someone come out to communicate to the ground crew and make sure we were still clear and able to make the turn out. A Ramp Supervisor finally came out and cleared our turn and we uneventfully turned out onto the ramp.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.