# Accident 19841207065579A: Cessna R182, Lafayette, IN, December 7, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1984, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Airport: Purdue
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4201° N, 86.9202° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4201&lon=-86.9202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N738CE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N738CE-1991-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3C5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,350 total, 137 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI85LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841207065579A

## Narrative

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

TURNED PROPELLER BY HAND TO LOOSEN OIL WITH IGNITION SWITCH ON AND MIXTURE IN. ENGINE STARTED, AIRCRAFT HIT HANGAR.

## 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 CHI85LA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA068), Dec 7, 1984: Cessna 182RG (N738CE), Lafayette, IN, destroyed

## Other reports on N738CE (1)

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

- [Accident 19791121034969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791121034969A), Nov 21, 1979: Cessna R182 (N738CE), Dawson, GA, Substantial damage. Pilot landed downwind on short runway and overshot.

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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