# Incident 19790723021269I: Cessna 206CESSNA, Flushing, NY, July 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1979, 13:15 local time
- Place: Flushing, NY
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7654° N, 73.8174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Flushing, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7654&lon=-73.8174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2639X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2639X-2013-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206 (registry code 2073304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,849 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/19790723021269I

## Narrative

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

JUMP START FROM TUG FAILED SO OWNER GOT OUT TO PULL PROP THROUGH. STARTED AND STRUCK PARKED 6899T, 18SR, AND 500JF.

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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