# Accident 19800420090559A: Cessna A185E, Santa Paula ___, CA, April 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1980, 11:30 local time
- Place: Santa Paula ___, CA
- Airport: Santa Paula Airport
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3470° N, 119.0616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA PAULA (SZP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3470&lon=-119.0616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4756Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 740 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800420090559A

## Narrative

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

WHILE REMOVING WHEEL CHOCKS, A PASSENGER WAS HIT BY THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT FAILED TO PROPERLY SUPERVISE OPERATION

## 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 LAX80DA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DA081), Apr 20, 1980: Cessna A185E (N4756Q), Santa Paula, CA, no damage, 1 fatal

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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