# Incident 19790903034259I: Cessna 182, Abilene, TX, September 3, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1979, 11:12 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4487° N, 99.7331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Abilene, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4487&lon=-99.7331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1827Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1827Y-2018-07-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 15 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/19790903034259I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING FROM TIEDDOWN AREA WINGTIP STRUCK WINGTIP OF PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N1827Y (2)

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

- [Accident 20161019016879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161019016879A), Oct 19, 2016: Cessna 172C (N1827Y), Cedar Key, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed on takeoff into water approximately 200 yards from departure end of runway 5. Aircraft appeared to have cartwheeled damaging both wings and…
- [Incident 19950411021109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950411021109I), Apr 11, 1995: Cessna 172C (N1827Y), Claremore, OK, Minor damage. Unsupervised solo porpoised on landing. Panicked. Hit right brake hard. Swerved. Damaged prop and wing tip.

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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