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Incident

FAA incident report · Tcraft BC12-D · Batavia, NY · August 2, 1978

Date
August 2, 1978 · 16:45 local
Place
Batavia, NY
Airport
Genesee Co
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N43818
Reported as
Tcraft BC12D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total25 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.

During descent aircraft entered left turn which pilot could not correct. Landed off airport.

As the FAA filed it

DURING DESCENT AIRCRAFT ENTERED LEFT TURN WHICH PILOT COULD NOT CORRECT. LANDED OFF AIRPORT.