# Incident 19811209087559I: Cessna 501, San Diego, CA, December 9, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1981, 19:15 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Lindbergh
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Aircraft: N695CC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 501
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811209087559I

## Narrative

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

ZE STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN ON START OF NIGHT TAKEOFF. ABORTED. WAS IMPROPERLY ALIGNED. FAA PROVING RUN REJECTED.

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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