# Accident 19780815021769A: Cessna 182N, Aurora, KS, August 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1978
- Place: Aurora, KS
- Airport: Aurora Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 39.4519° N, 97.5298° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aurora, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4519&lon=-97.5298&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8964G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8964G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182N (registry code 2072730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 30 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78DCJ41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DCJ41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780815021769A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTS TO 32KTS.

## 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 MKC78DCJ41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DCJ41), Aug 15, 1978: Cessna 182 (N8964G), Aurora, NE, 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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