# Incident 19780929028949I: Cessna 177RG, Indianapolis, IN, September 29, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1978, 20:35 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53082, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53082-2013-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 8 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780929028949I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED ONTO ACCESS ROAD AND STRUCK STOP SIGN WITH WING. TOWER HAD GIVEN TAXI DIRECTIONS.

## Other reports on N53082 (2)

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

- [Incident 19880720040019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880720040019I), Jul 20, 1988: Cessna 177RG (N53082), Riverside, CA, Minor damage. Pilot distracted by radio traffic on landing. Forgot to lower gear. Landed gear up. Faulty gear warning horn.
- [Incident 19800617054899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800617054899I), Jun 17, 1980: Cessna 177RG (N53082), Streator, IL, Minor damage. Landed short of runway when engine would not respond to throttle movement. Found broken support bracket.

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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