42.8864° N, 78.8784° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 28, 1978 · 08:50 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo I
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
USA
Aircraft
N550J
Reported as
Bac 111/
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Cabin filled with smoke from heat exchanger during taxi when ground blower quit. Faulty gen control panel.
As the FAA filed it
CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE FROM HEAT EXCHANGER DURING TAXI WHEN GROUND BLOWER QUIT. FAULTY GEN CONTROL PANEL.