# Incident 19781122025739I: Cessna 182, Niagara Falls, NY, November 22, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 1978, 19:20 local time
- Place: Niagara Falls, NY
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0928° N, 79.0147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Niagara Falls, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0928&lon=-79.0147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58448, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58448-1984-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 25 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/19781122025739I

## Narrative

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

LOST ELECTRICAL AND RETURNED TO DEPARATURE POINT UNEVENTFULLY. BAD ROTOR IN ALTERNATOR.

## Other reports on N58448 (1)

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

- [Accident 19810806049099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810806049099A), Aug 6, 1981: Cessna 182P (N58448), Berryville, VA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot departed during marginal weather and aircraft crashed into mountain 30 miles from departure airport.

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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