# Incident 19780201005179I: Cvac 240/, Lynchburg, VA, February 1, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 1978, 15:51 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4138° N, 79.1422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lynchburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4138&lon=-79.1422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8327C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8327C-2018-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 240-4 (registry code 2422610, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-240-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 240/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780201005179I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DIRECTED INTO CRUSTY SNOW PILE WHILE TAXIING TO THE RAMP NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N8327C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780109002289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780109002289I), Jan 9, 1978: Cvac 240/ (N8327C), Winston Salem, NC. Landed with unsafe nose gear indication. Found nose gear downlock pin stuck in mid position.

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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