- Date
- April 3, 1981
- Place
- Aurora, IL · AURORA, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6158DCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report July 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810403014189A
- Case key
- 126554
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1065 81/4/3 AURORA,IL CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 766 TIME - 2210 N6158D PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 228 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AURORA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEORIA,IL AURORA,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 8000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 69 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 35 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 45KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6158D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Aurora
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.