# Incident 19791217046479I: Cessna 172, Chicago, IL, December 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1979, 17:08 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Meigs
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N62920, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62920-2013-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 12 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/19791217046479I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WING STRUCK HANGAR DURING TAXI WHILE AVOIDING PARKED AIRCRAFT. DAMAGED WING TIP.

## Other reports on N62920 (1)

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

- [Accident 19880821034489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880821034489A), Aug 21, 1988: Cessna 172M (N62920), Kelleys Island, OH, Substantial damage. Landed fast and long on a short strip with quartering tailwind. Ran off end of runway,swerved into heavy brush.

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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