# Incident 19840820062069I: Cessna 172, Redding, CA, August 20, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1984, 17:00 local time
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Benton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5737° N, 122.4073° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BENTON FLD (O85), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5737&lon=-122.4073&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7360A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7360A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,170 total, 1,170 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX84IA448](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84IA448) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840820062069I

## Narrative

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

HAND PROPPED PLANE WITHOUT TIEDOWN. PLANE GOT AWAY, HIT PARKED PIPER THEN HIT HANGAR BUILDING.

## 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 LAX84IA448](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84IA448), Aug 21, 1984: Cessna 172 (N7360A), Redding, CA, incident, minor 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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