# Accident 19800329007489A: Cessna 182Q, Tuba City, AZ, March 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1980, 09:30 local time
- Place: Tuba City, AZ
- Airport: Tuba City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0926° N, 111.3831° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUBA CITY (T03), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0926&lon=-111.3831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N759GA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N759GA-2003-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 147 total, 17 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DUJ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800329007489A

## Narrative

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

HAND-PROPPED ENGINE WITH MAG SWITCH ON. ENGINE STARTED. AIRPLANE RAN INTO A FENCE.

## 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 LAX80DUJ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUJ38), Mar 29, 1980: Cessna 182Q (N759GA), Tuba City, AZ, substantial 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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