# Incident 19830430031169I: Cessna 177, Atlantic City, NJ, April 30, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1983, 17:30 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Bader
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3773° N, 74.4511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlantic City, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3773&lon=-74.4511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30257, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30257-2019-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 15 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830430031169I

## Narrative

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

FELT A BUMP ON TAKEOFF. PILOT HAD DRIFTED OVER THE EDGE OF RUNWAY AND MAY HAVE HIT EDGE OF RUNWAY OR LIGHT.

## Other reports on N30257 (1)

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

- [Accident 20190627008109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190627008109A), Jun 27, 2019: Cessna 177 (N30257), Pleasanton, KS, Substantial damage. Aircraft was departing a private turf runway and the pilot lost control of the aircraft in gusty winds and struck trees off the edge of the runway.

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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