# Incident 19800117015179I: Cessna 175B, Van Nuys, CA, January 17, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1980, 22:30 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8264T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8264T-1994-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175B (registry code 2072506, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 255 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/19800117015179I

## Narrative

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

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING THE PROP THROUGH, PILOT HEARD LOUD ROAR AND PROP STRUCK HIS LEG. SERIOUS INJURY.

## Other reports on N8264T (1)

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

- [Accident 19930723025389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930723025389A), Jul 23, 1993: Cessna 175B (N8264T), Blythe, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Struck a heavy braided water depth cable stretched across river. Observed at low level. Drugs in toxilogical test.

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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