# Accident 19790830034509A: Cessna TP206C, San Jose, CA, August 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1979, 10:25 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N630WE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N630WE-2010-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TP206C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,393 total, 819 in this make and model, 204 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790830034509A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO HANDPROP THE AIRCRAFT BECAUSE THE STARTER WOULD NOT WORK. ENGINE STARTED. AIRCRAFT HIT HANGAR.

## 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 LAX79DA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DA071), Aug 30, 1979: Cessna TP206C (N630WE), San Jose, CA, 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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