# Incident 19801211090169I: Piper PA18, San Luis Obispo, CA, December 11, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1980, 10:39 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- 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: N4711A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4711A-2012-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 71 total, 40 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801211090169I

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE HAND PROPPED.  IT GOT AWAY AND STRUCK PARKED AIRCRAFT N47023.

## Other reports on N4711A (3)

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

- [Accident 19810531053609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810531053609A), May 31, 1981: Piper PA18 (N4711A), Holtville, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Flew into power-lines. Crashed and burned.
- [Accident 19750517011739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750517011739A), May 17, 1975: Piper PA18 (N4711A), Imperial, CA, Substantial damage
- [Accident 19741125038749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741125038749A), Nov 25, 1974: Piper PA18 (N4711A), Imperial, CA, 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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