# Incident 19800125015849I: Cessna 172G, Cambridge, MN, January 25, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1980, 12:30 local time
- Place: Cambridge, MN
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5608° N, 93.2277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cambridge, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5608&lon=-93.2277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1120F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1120F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172G (registry code 2072420, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 90 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/19800125015849I

## Narrative

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

PILOT PULLED PROP THROUGH BY HAND,ENGINE FIRED AND BROKE PILOT'S LEG. MAGNETO SWITCH HAD BEEN LEFT ON LEFT MAGNETO

## Other reports on N1120F (1)

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

- [Accident 19820311005069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820311005069A), Mar 11, 1982: Cessna 172G (N1120F), Cambridge, MN, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing roll. Ran into snowbank.

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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