# Incident 19800308029509I: Cessna 210, San Luis Obispo, CA, March 8, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1980, 12:00 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2662° N, 120.6684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Luis Obispo, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2662&lon=-120.6684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7434E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7434E-1984-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210 (registry code 2073402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 200 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/19800308029509I

## Narrative

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

UNPAVED TRANSIT PARKING AREA WAS SOFT AND NOSE WHEEL SANK INTO GROUND, ALLOWING PROP TO STRIKE GROUND.

## Other reports on N7434E (2)

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

- [Accident 19831120058529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831120058529A), Nov 20, 1983: Cessna 210 (N7434E), Grass Valley, CA, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed during VOR instrument approach. Pilot had been instructed to initiate missed approach procedure.
- [Accident 19801006090829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801006090829A), Oct 6, 1980: Cessna 210 (N7434E), San Jose, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on a instrument approach. Hit wires and crashed. Had changed tanks without boost pump. Vapor lock.

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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