# Accident 19790918033559A: Cessna 402C, Chicago, IL, September 18, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1979, 18:15 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Ohare
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2713R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,825 total, 216 in this make and model, 221 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA079-79493) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790918033559A

## Narrative

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

AIRPORT VAN FAILED TO STOP AND GIVE WAY TO TAXIING AIRCRAFT. HIT LEFT WING OF AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI79FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA079-79493), Sep 18, 1979: Cessna 402C (N2713R), Chicago, IL, 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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