- Date
- December 11, 1981
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N80118Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811211084519A
- Case key
- 122610
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3438 81/12/11 CHICAGO,IL CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 166 TIME - 1430 N80118 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 17 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL MADISON,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80118
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Midway
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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.