# Accident 19780126001949A: Cessna U206C, Buffalo, NY, January 26, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1978
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Buffalo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- 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: N3930G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78DFJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78DFJ12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780126001949A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 48K.

## 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 NYC78DFJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78DFJ12), Jan 26, 1978: Cessna 206U (N3930G), Buffalo, NY, substantial damage

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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