# Accident 19800518014229A: Cessna 402CESSNA, Champaign, IL, May 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1980, 10:01 local time
- Place: Champaign, IL
- Airport: Willard
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.1141° N, 88.2746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Champaign, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1141&lon=-88.2746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8125F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8125F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402 (registry code 207590K, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520EB
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,300 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800518014229A

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF, GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO LEFT WING.

## 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 CHI80FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA038), May 18, 1980: Cessna 402 (N8125F), Savoy, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8125F (2)

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

- [Incident 19910927049199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910927049199I), Sep 27, 1991: Cessna 402CESSNA (N8125F), Dallas, TX. Engine quit en route. Forced landing at Love field. Found front two connecting rods broken.
- [Accident 19801023082639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801023082639A), Oct 23, 1980: Cessna 402CESSNA (N8125F), Moline, IL, Substantial damage. Left main landing gear collapsed on landing roll. Found out board tube assembly had failed.

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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