# Accident 19820528043571A: Cessna 172, Evansville, IN, May 28, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1982, 10:45 local time
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Formation Flying
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9748° N, 87.5558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Evansville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9748&lon=-87.5558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2986U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2986U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 124 total, 72 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82DA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA189) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820528043571A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT COLLIDED DURING CROSS COUNTRY FORMATION FLIGHT WITH, N73616.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N73616, Cessna 172M: [Accident 19820528043572A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820528043572A)

## 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 CHI82DA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA189), May 28, 1982: Cessna 172 (N2986U), Evansville, IN, 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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