# Incident 19780307014049I: Cessna 182, Albany, NY, March 7, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1978, 19:15 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6657° N, 73.7984° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albany, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6657&lon=-73.7984&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2437X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2437X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 300 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/19780307014049I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED INTO AN UNLIGHTED HELICOPTER PLATFORM.

## Other reports on N2437X (1)

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

- [Incident 20010413007509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010413007509I), Apr 13, 2001: Cessna 182H (N2437X), Warwick, NY, Minor damage. (-23)During landing operations on runway 03 at the Warwick airport. The pilot [privacy data omitted] permitted the aircraft to depart the runway to right…

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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