# Accident 19960917028579A: Cessna 172RG, Chicago/Aurora, IL, September 17, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1996, 07:30 local time
- Place: Chicago/Aurora, IL
- Airport: Aurora Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AURORA MUNI (ARR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N966LA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N966LA-1997-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360F1A6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA352) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960917028579A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RAN OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY, STRUCK A VASI LIGHT AND FLIPPED OVER.(-23) ON 09/16/96 THE AIRCRAFT, N966LA, CESSNA 172RG, SERIAL #172R01102 WAS ALLEGEDLY STOLEN DURING THE NIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 6 HOURS WERE RECORDED ON THE TACHOMETER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISCOVERED UPSIDE DOWN BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY THE FOLLOWING MORNING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       (.4) THE AIRPLANE WAS ALLEGEDLY STOLEN DURING THE NIGHT AND DISCOVERED UPSIDE DOWN BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY THE FOLLOWING MORNING. APPROXIMATELY 0.6 HOURS HAD BEEN RECORDED ON THE ENGINE TACHOMETER.  INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.

## 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 CHI96LA352](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA352), Sep 17, 1996: Cessna 172RG (N966LA), Aurora, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: undetermined.

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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