diff --git a/lib/routing/ng_view.dart b/lib/routing/ng_view.dart
index a9c489d15..853880f3c 100644
--- a/lib/routing/ng_view.dart
+++ b/lib/routing/ng_view.dart
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ class NgView implements DetachAware, RouteProvider {
   void detach() {
     _route.discard();
     _locationService._unregisterPortal(this);
+    _cleanUp();
   }
 
   void _show(_View viewDef, Route route, List<Module> modules) {
@@ -128,7 +129,6 @@ class NgView implements DetachAware, RouteProvider {
 
     _view.nodes.forEach((node) => node.remove());
     _childScope.destroy();
-
     _view = null;
     _childScope = null;
   }
diff --git a/test/routing/ng_view_spec.dart b/test/routing/ng_view_spec.dart
index f026b2c41..1709ff4f8 100644
--- a/test/routing/ng_view_spec.dart
+++ b/test/routing/ng_view_spec.dart
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import '../_specs.dart';
 import 'package:angular/routing/module.dart';
 import 'package:angular/mock/module.dart';
 
-main() {
+main() => describe('ngView', () {
   describe('Flat ngView', () {
     TestBed _;
     Router router;
@@ -98,42 +98,65 @@ main() {
     beforeEach((TestBed tb, Router _router, TemplateCache templates) {
       _ = tb;
       router = _router;
+      _.rootScope.context['flag'] = true;
 
       templates.put('library.html', new HttpResponse(200,
           '<div><h1>Library</h1>'
-          '<ng-view></ng-view></div>'));
+          '<ng-view ng-if="flag"></ng-view></div>'));
       templates.put('book_list.html', new HttpResponse(200,
           '<h1>Books</h1>'));
       templates.put('book_overview.html', new HttpResponse(200,
           '<h2>Book 1234</h2>'));
       templates.put('book_read.html', new HttpResponse(200,
          '<h2>Read Book 1234</h2>'));
+      templates.put('alt.html', new HttpResponse(200, 'alt'));
     });
 
     it('should switch nested templates', async(() {
       Element root = _.compile('<ng-view></ng-view>');
+      microLeap(); _.rootScope.apply(); microLeap();
       expect(root.text).toEqual('');
 
       router.route('/library/all');
-      microLeap();
+      microLeap(); _.rootScope.apply(); microLeap();
       expect(root.text).toEqual('LibraryBooks');
 
       router.route('/library/1234');
-      microLeap();
+      microLeap(); _.rootScope.apply(); microLeap();
       expect(root.text).toEqual('LibraryBook 1234');
 
       // nothing should change here
       router.route('/library/1234/overview');
-      microLeap();
+      microLeap(); _.rootScope.apply(); microLeap();
       expect(root.text).toEqual('LibraryBook 1234');
 
       // nothing should change here
       router.route('/library/1234/read');
-      microLeap();
+      microLeap(); _.rootScope.apply(); microLeap();
       expect(root.text).toEqual('LibraryRead Book 1234');
     }));
-  });
 
+    it('should not attempt to destroy and already destroyed childscope', async(() {
+      // This can happen with nested ng-views.  Refer
+      // https://github.com/angular/angular.dart/issues/1182
+      // and repro case
+      // https://github.com/chirayuk/sample/tree/issue_1182_leaving_a_nested_ng_view
+      Element root = _.compile('<ng-view></ng-view>');
+      microLeap(); _.rootScope.apply(); microLeap();
+
+      router.route('/library/1234');
+      microLeap(); _.rootScope.apply(); microLeap();
+
+      expect(root.text).toEqual('LibraryBook 1234');
+
+      _.rootScope.context['flag'] = false;
+      microLeap(); _.rootScope.apply(); microLeap();
+      router.route('/alt');
+      microLeap(); _.rootScope.apply(); microLeap();
+
+      expect(root.text).toEqual('alt');
+    }));
+  });
 
   describe('Inline template ngView', () {
     TestBed _;
@@ -165,7 +188,7 @@ main() {
       expect(root.text).toEqual('Hello');
     }));
   });
-}
+});
 
 class FlatRouteInitializer implements Function {
   void call(Router router, RouteViewFactory views) {
@@ -193,7 +216,10 @@ class NestedRouteInitializer implements Function {
                       'read': ngRoute(path: '/read', view: 'book_read.html'),
                       'admin': ngRoute(path: '/admin', view: 'admin.html'),
                   })
-          })
+          }),
+      'alt': ngRoute(
+          path: '/alt',
+          view: 'alt.html'),
     });
   }
 }