# Incident 19801216087639I: Cessna 172M, Chicago, IL, December 16, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1980
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Midway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- 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: N80118, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80118) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19801216087639I

## Narrative

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

VAN BACKED INTO PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N80118 (1)

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

- [Accident 19811211084519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811211084519A), Dec 11, 1981: Cessna 172M (N80118), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. While taxing to active runway, pilot taxied into localizer shack.

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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