42.8864° N, 78.8784° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 29, 1978 · 16:36 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N569BV
Reported as
Beech 18/
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,540 total8,200 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Engine shutdown due to roughness. Uneventful landing made. Three sparkplugs changed.
As the FAA filed it
ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO ROUGHNESS. UNEVENTFUL LANDING MADE. THREE SPARKPLUGS CHANGED.