- Date
- July 21, 1979
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N738VCCessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790721042989A
- Case key
- 134200
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2484 79/7/21 SANTA ANA,CA CESSNA 172N CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 112 TIME - 1220 N738VC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHN WAYNE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ANA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/JET/ROTOR BLAST TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS - PROP/JET/ROTOR BLAST REMARKS- PLT TAXIED BYD CLNC LMT & ENCTR JET BLAST WHILE CROSSING 210FT BHND HUGHES AIRWEST DC-9.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738VC
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- John Wayne
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.