# Accident 19801209082829A: Cessna 182G, Apex, NC, December 9, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1980, 20:20 local time
- Place: Apex, NC
- Airport: Cox
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7256° N, 78.8799° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Apex, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7256&lon=-78.8799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2116R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2116R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 623 total, 462 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81DLJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DLJ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801209082829A

## Narrative

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

PASSENGER DEPLANED AND WALKED INTO PROPELLER, CAUSING INJURY TO HIMSELF.

## 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 ATL81DLJ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DLJ03), Dec 9, 1980: Cessna 182G (N2116R), Apex, NC, no 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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