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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172E · Chicago, IL · May 3, 1983

Date
May 3, 1983 · 18:04 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
O'Hare Int'L
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5545T
Reported as
Cessna 172E
Reported engine
Continental O300*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total600 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Tower told heavy jet to take off without delay while the Cessna was taxiing behind it. No wake warning.

As the FAA filed it

TOWER TOLD HEAVY JET TO TAKE OFF WITHOUT DELAY WHILE THE CESSNA WAS TAXIING BEHIND IT. NO WAKE WARNING.