# Accident 19780302004919A: Univar 108, Amityville, NY, March 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1978
- Place: Amityville, NY
- Airport: Zahns
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 40.7100° N, 73.4000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Zahn's Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7100&lon=-73.4000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97371, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97371-2023-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Universal Stinson 108 (registry code 9230412, https://openairdocs.org/model/universal-stinson-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A4150 series (registry code 27024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a4150-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: UNIVAR 108
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 262 total, 1 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77FHJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FHJ08-143442) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780302004919A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 NYC77FHJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FHJ08-143442), Mar 2, 1978: Stinson 108 (N97371), Amityville, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N97371 (1)

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

- [Incident 19790116002039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790116002039I), Jan 16, 1979: Univar 108 (N97371), Amityville, NY, Substantial damage. Pilot hand propping his airplane, it got away and struck N4TR

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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