# Incident 19780711043279I: Cessna 172M, Huntington Beac, CA, July 11, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1978, 20:15 local time
- Place: Huntington Beac, CA
- Airport: Meadowlark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6980° N, 118.0038° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6980&lon=-118.0038&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20647, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20647-1980-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 697 total, 437 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780711043279I

## Narrative

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

PILOT CHOCKED THE WHEELS AND PROPPED THE ENGINE. IT GOT AWAY, COLLIDED WITH FOUR PARKED PLANES BEFORE STOPPING.

## Other reports on N20647 (1)

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

- [Accident 19791209040349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791209040349A), Dec 9, 1979: Cessna 172M (N20647), Huntington Beac, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Departed VFR into area of dense fog and haze. Lost control. Aircraft crashed in ocean.

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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