# Accident 19791207035699A: Cessna 172, La Verne, CA, December 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1979, 19:15 local time
- Place: La Verne, CA
- Airport: Brackett
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0917° N, 117.7818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRACKETT FLD (POC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0917&lon=-117.7818&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739JX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N739JX-2018-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 149 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUG11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791207035699A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FIRED WHEN PILOT TURNED PROP BY HAND, INJURING PILOT. UNABLE TO DETERMINE SWITCH POSITION. NO MAG DEFECTS

## 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 LAX80FUG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUG11), Dec 7, 1979: Cessna 172N (N739JX), La Verne, CA, minor 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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