# Incident 19791127045779I: Beech B19, Taft, CA, November 27, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 1979, 09:30 local time
- Place: Taft, CA
- Airport: Kern Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1267° N, 119.4242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taft, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1267&lon=-119.4242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69339 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B19
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 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/19791127045779I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAND PROPPED AIRCRAFT, IT STARTED UP, RAN INTO PARKED CARS AND ANOTHER AIRPLANE, N51950.

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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