# Accident 19790816024489A: Cessna 170B, Phoenix, AZ, August 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1979, 15:00 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Sky Harbor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4664C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4664C-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,309 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DUK14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUK14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790816024489A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT PARKED TOO CLOSE TO TAXIWAY. PILOT HAD TO MOVE OVER WHILE TAXING. HIT JET BLAST FENCE.

## 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 LAX79DUK14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUK14), Aug 16, 1979: Cessna 170B (N4664C), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage

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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