# Incident 20000803023959I: Cessna 182A, Chambersburg, PA, August 3, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2000, 02:45 local time
- Place: Chambersburg, PA
- Airport: Chambersburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9314° N, 77.6556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chambersburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9314&lon=-77.6556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N169DP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N169DP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000803023959I

## Narrative

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

(-23)UNLAWFUL ENTRY TO AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPARENTLY TAXIED TO RUNWAY 24 BY AN UNKNOWN PERSON.  A PERSON EXITED AIRCRAFT, APPILED FULL POWER AND ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO PROCEED UNOCCUPIED ON RUNWAY 24.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE INTO HIGH GRASS.  THE NOSE GEAR AND LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST AT 108 DEGREES OF ENTRY INTO GRASS.  THE WINGTIPS AND PROPELLER ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE.  PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE HAVE OPENED A CRIMINAL MISCHIEF/ATTEMPTED THEFT INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N169DP (6)

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

- [Accident 20080827849289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080827849289A), Aug 27, 2008: Cessna 182A (N169DP), Danielson, CT, Substantial damage. (-23) On 8/27/2008, @2258 z, a single Cessna, model number CE-182A, registration number N169DP, crashed inverted on level terrain, approximately 1000 yards…
- [Incident 20020815036819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020815036819I), Aug 15, 2002: Cessna 182A (N169DP), Chambersburg, PA. (-23) Aircraft departed KN68 with pilot and three parachute jumpers on August 15, 2002 at 0945 hrs. Aircraft climbed to 300 feet when pilot noticed oil…
- [Incident 19941105042209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941105042209I), Nov 5, 1994: Cessna 182A (N169DP), Marietta, PA. Lost power on base leg. Landed off airport. Fuel exhaustion was the problem.
- [Incident 19920603020881I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920603020881I), Jun 3, 1992: Cessna 182A (N169DP), Morgantown, PA, Minor damage. Saw glider and tow plane lining up for takeoff. Moved to edge of runway. Glider clipped his wing tip on takeoff.
- [Accident 19870718035239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870718035239A), Jul 18, 1987: Cessna 182A (N169DP), Warm Springs, GA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final approach. Hit top of trees. Mushing stall. Hit ground nose down.
- [Incident 19790204005299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790204005299I), Feb 4, 1979: Cessna 182A (N169DP), Guthrie, OK, 2 fatal. Two parachutists collided, both killed.

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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