# Accident 19800827039299A: Cessna 210K, Santa Ana, CA, August 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1980, 13:25 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8288M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8288M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210K (registry code 2073446, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 539 total, 131 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUA21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800827039299A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STARTED WHILE HAND-PROPPING. AIRPLANE MOVED FORWARD, STRUCK HANGARS & VEHICLE. MAGS CHECKED O.K.

## 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 LAX80FUA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUA21), Aug 27, 1980: Cessna 210 (N8288M), Santa Ana, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8288M (1)

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

- [Incident 19830216017059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830216017059I), Feb 16, 1983: Cessna 210K (N8288M), Lucerne Valley, CA, Minor damage. Landed on a road to examine a crashed aircraft. Nose wheel hit a rut and collapsed.

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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