# Accident 19751218040279A: Cessna 175A, Fair Oaks, CA, December 18, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1975
- Place: Fair Oaks, CA
- Airport: Phoenix Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Location: 38.6501° N, 121.2513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fair Oaks, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6501&lon=-121.2513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7059E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7059E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 141 total, 49 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DVG36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVG36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751218040279A

## Narrative

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

HAND PROPPED ENG,STARTER INOP. ACFT NOT TIED DWN. HIT T-CRAFT N49000,SUBSTL DMG.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK76DVG36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVG36), Dec 18, 1975: Cessna 175A (N7059E), Fair Oaks, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7059E (2)

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

- [Accident 20080502832929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080502832929A), May 2, 2008: Cessna 175A (N7059E), Sacramento, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft departed from rio linda airport enroute to Oregon. Climbed to approximately 1600 feet and the engine began running rough and RPM started to…
- [Accident 20011120031049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011120031049A), Nov 20, 2001: Cessna 175A (N7059E), Fairhope, AL, No damage. (-23) Pilot stated that he landed downwind on short, wet, grass airstrip. Landed long - had to intentionally ground loop aircraft to avoid highway traffic…

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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