# Accident 19770720042379A: Piper PA31, Cheektowaga, NY, July 20, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1977
- Place: Cheektowaga, NY
- Airport: Buffalo International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 42.8620° N, 78.7166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUFFALO AIRFIELD (9G0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8620&lon=-78.7166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N406CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N406CA-1978-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31 (registry code 7103103, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,300 total, 7,735 in this make and model, 243 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770720042379A

## Narrative

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

HYPERTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE OF LEFT BASIL GANGLIA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC77FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FA072), Jul 20, 1977: Piper PA-31 (N406CA), Cheektowaga, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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