# Accident 19780808037649A: Amtr 81424, Buffalo, MN, August 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1978
- Place: Buffalo, MN
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 45.1795° N, 93.8640° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1795&lon=-93.8640&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4036S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 81424
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78DA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780808037649A

## Narrative

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

POSITIONING UPPER TRANSMISSION TWR TO BASE TWR. MISC-CLAMP SLIPPEUSING RIGGING TO HIT WORKMAN

## 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 MKC78DA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78DA061), Aug 8, 1978: Sikorsky S-64 (N4036S), Buffalo, MN, no damage

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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