# Accident 19781217038409A: Cessna 182H, Albany, NY, December 17, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1978
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71606 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 738 total, 342 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FFA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FFA05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781217038409A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 51K.ICING COND IN CLOUDS.TURNING OFF RWY.

## 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 NYC79FFA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FFA05), Dec 17, 1978: Cessna 182M (N71606), Albany, NY, substantial 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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