- Date
- September 17, 1996, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N966LACessna 172RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960917028579A
- Case key
- 10402
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Probable cause
undetermined.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
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.
Factual narrative
On September 17, 1996, at 0730 central daylight time (cdt), a Cessna 172RG, N966LA, registered to Lumanair, Inc., of Aurora, Illinois, was substantially damaged after being allegedly stolen during the night. The airplane was discovered upside down between the runway and taxiway the following morning at Aurora Municipal Airport, Aurora, Illinois. The airplane had .6 hours recorded on the tach at the time of the accident. No flight plan was on file.
The airplane was allegedly stolen during the night and found the next day.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N966LA
- Reported as
- Cessna 172RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172RG-1102
- Airframe hours
- 4,659
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-F1A6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lumanair, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 2, 1996 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- ARR
- Destination
- ARR
- Airport
- ARR · Aurora Municipal
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.