# Accident 19810403014189A: Cessna 172N, Aurora, IL, April 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1981, 22:10 local time
- Place: Aurora, IL
- Airport: Aurora
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AURORA MUNI (ARR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6158D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6158D-1981-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 766 total, 228 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DEE28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEE28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810403014189A

## Narrative

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

THUNDERSTORM IN AREA. BLOWN OVER BY SEVERE SURFACE WINDS WHILE MANUEVERING TO PARK ON RAMP AFTER LANDING.

## 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 CHI81DEE28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DEE28), Apr 3, 1981: Cessna 172 (N6158D), Aurora, IL, substantial 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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