# Incident 19780317013619I: Amd FALCON10, Albany, NY, March 17, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1978, 08:30 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N253K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N253K-1980-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dassault-Breguet FALCON 10 (registry code 2730101, https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-breguet-falcon-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON10
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 700 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/19780317013619I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO LOSS OF OIL. PROBLEM TRACED TO A SPLIT "O" RING ON THE DIP STICK.

## Other reports on N253K (1)

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

- [Accident 19800130005519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800130005519A), Jan 30, 1980: Amd FALCON10 (N253K), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Unable to reach vr speed. Ran off end of runway into lake. Found brakes had been overheated,possibly on for takeoff

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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