# Accident 19801228082489A: Cessna 177RG, Meyer, IL, December 28, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: Meyer, IL
- Airport: Mcallister
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1482° N, 91.5036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Meyer, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1482&lon=-91.5036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7818V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7818V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 631 total, 138 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEV08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEV08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801228082489A

## Narrative

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

ABORTED TAKEOFF FROM PRIVATE STRIP WHEN ENGINE BACKFIRED. UNABLE TO STOP ON WET GRASS. FOUND LEAK IN IGNITER LEAD.

## 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 CHI81FEV08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEV08), Dec 28, 1980: Cessna 177RG (N7818V), Meyer, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7818V (2)

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

- [Incident 19870108004279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870108004279I), Jan 8, 1987: Cessna 177RG (N7818V), Torrance, CA. Bounced on landing and departed side of the runway where aircraft became stuck in soft earth.
- [Incident 19840526032199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840526032199I), May 26, 1984: Cessna 177RG (N7818V), Lima, IL, Minor damage. Forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up. Gear warning horn did not sound.

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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