# Incident 19780208007819I: Bac 111/, Buffalo, NY, February 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1978, 06:17 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1118J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1118J-1991-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British BAC 1-11 204/AF (registry code 1480210, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-bac-1-11-204-af) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAC 111/
- People aboard: 14
- 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/19780208007819I

## Narrative

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

PILOT RETURNED AFTER TAKEOFF DUE TO A MINOR PROBLEM WITH THE RUDDER. THE RUDDER FEEL UNIT WAS REPLACED.

## Other reports on N1118J (2)

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

- [Incident 19791221048969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791221048969I), Dec 21, 1979: Bac 111204AF (N1118J), Burlington, VT. Aircraft landed short of runway.
- [Incident 19790129003739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790129003739I), Jan 29, 1979: Bac 111204AF (N1118J), Buffalo, NY, Minor damage. As jetway was pulled away from the aircraft, it got caught in aircraft door damaging aircraft door hinge.

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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