# Accident 19820508014619A: Cessna 180, Aurora, IL, May 8, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1982, 14:30 local time
- Place: Aurora, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9388C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9388C-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT O470J
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 486 total, 304 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82DA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820508014619A

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY AND STRUCK DRAINAGE DITCH.

## 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 CHI82DA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA155), May 8, 1982: Cessna 180 (N9388C), Aurora, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9388C (2)

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

- [Accident 19870101001329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870101001329A), Jan 1, 1987: Cessna STC180 (N9388C), Goffstown, NH, Substantial damage. Float plane landed long. Applied power for takeoff. Right seat pilot disagreed, pulled power. Aircraft left runway.
- [Accident 19760225005819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760225005819A), Feb 25, 1976: Cessna 180 (N9388C), Breckenridge, CO, Substantial damage. Ice patches on rwy.

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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