# Accident 19790721042989A: Cessna 172N, Santa Ana, CA, July 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1979, 12:20 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738VC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N738VC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 112 total, 27 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790721042989A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DID NOT FOLLOW ATC INSTRUCTIONS AND TAXIED BEHIND DC9. AIRCRAFT WAS BLOWN UP ON WINGTIP AND NOSE.

## 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 LAX79DA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DA063), Jul 21, 1979: Cessna 172N (N738VC), Santa Ana, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N738VC (1)

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

- [Incident 20001112031919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001112031919I), Nov 12, 2000: Cessna 172N (N738VC), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. (-23)Student pilot [privacy data omitted] while taxing aircraft N738VC, a C-172N, entered the run up area of runway 25R at lgb. His left had wing tip struck…

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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