# Incident 19850114010549I: Cessna 172N, Shafter, CA, January 14, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1985, 11:45 local time
- Place: Shafter, CA
- Airport: Kern Co
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5005° N, 119.2718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shafter, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5005&lon=-119.2718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5488D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5488D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 185 total, 20 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/19850114010549I

## Narrative

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

UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO HAND PROP AIRCRAFT. TURNED MAGS OFF. PROP KICKED WHEN MOVED,STRUCK OTHER PILOT ON HEAD.

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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