# Incident 19780824048749I: Piper PA31, Buffalo, NY, August 24, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1978, 07:25 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CPR
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N404CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N404CA-2012-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 800 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/19780824048749I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO GET SAFE NOSE GEAR LIGHT.  INTERMITTENT SHORT IN INDICATOR.

## Other reports on N404CA (1)

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

- [Incident 19831130073429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831130073429I), Nov 30, 1983: Piper PA31 (N404CA), Spokane, WA, Minor damage. Lost oil presure. Shut down and returned. Prop governor idler gear shaft had failed. Engine ingested pieces.

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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