# Incident 19790512026629I: Cessna 206CESSNA, Long Beach, CA, May 12, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1979, 08:00 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50693 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19790512026629I

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND PASSENGERS FAILED TO SEE A SAWHORSE COVERING SOFT SPOT IN RAMP. ALL 3 PROP BLADES DAMAGED ON COLLISION

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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