# Accident 19800815035989A: Cessna 172M, Needles, CA, August 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1980, 12:40 local time
- Place: Needles, CA
- Airport: Needles
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7663° N, 114.6233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEEDLES (EED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7663&lon=-114.6233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5285H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5285H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A4M (registry code 42276, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a4m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,550 total, 295 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DUG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUG53) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800815035989A

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAND-PROPPED AIRPLANE WITHOUT QUALIFIED PERSON AT CONTROLS. AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH PARKED HELICOPTER.

## 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 LAX80DUG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DUG53), Aug 15, 1980: Cessna 172 (N5285H), Needles, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5285H (2)

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

- [Accident 20070512006989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070512006989A), May 12, 2007: Cessna 172M (N5285H), Saint George, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) While landing with a 60 degree 19 knot crosswind pilot struck wingtip and prop on the ground causing substantial damage.
- [Accident 19760807024359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760807024359A), Aug 7, 1976: Cessna 172M (N5285H), Cedar City, UT, Substantial damage. Pilot in command seated in right seat. Pax,a student pilot,in left seat. Gusting to 25K.

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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