# Incident 19791129045279I: Cessna 180, Santa Ana, CA, November 29, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1979, 08:00 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- 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: N1750C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1750C-1989-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,254 total, 681 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/19791129045279I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PULLING PROP THROUGH DURING PREFLIGHT, BLADE STRUCK PILOT INJURING HIM, DAMAGING PROP AND HUB.

## Other reports on N1750C (2)

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

- [Accident 19861004047869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861004047869A), Oct 4, 1986: Cessna 180 (N1750C), Lucerne Valley, CA, Destroyed. The aircraft veered off the runway due to gusting variable winds.
- [Accident 19750824027909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750824027909A), Aug 24, 1975: Cessna 180 (N1750C), Page, AZ, Substantial damage. R tire deflated. Veered off rwy. Gusting to 20K.

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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