# Incident 19800506051029I: Cessna 500CESSNA, Danville, IL, May 6, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1980, 06:00 local time
- Place: Danville, IL
- Airport: Vermilion Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.1998° N, 87.5952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERMILION RGNL (DNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1998&lon=-87.5952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N977EE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 700 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/19800506051029I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STRUCK FENCE POST DURING TURN ON RAMP. BRAKES LOW ON FLUID.

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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