# Incident 19790102000939I: Cessna 402CESSNA, Buffalo, NY, January 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1979, 11:58 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N3128K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3128K-1991-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402B (registry code 207590P, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 350 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/19790102000939I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO FUEL FLOW RESTRICTION. PROBABLY WAS ICE IN A FUEL LINE.

## Other reports on N3128K (2)

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

- [Accident 19900306003419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900306003419A), Mar 6, 1990: Cessna 402B (N3128K), Alamogordo, NM, Substantial damage. Noise as gear retracted on takeoff,right main collapsed landing. Torque tube bracket assembly failed bottomed out.
- [Incident 19800204021389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800204021389I), Feb 4, 1980: Cessna 402B (N3128K), Flint, MI, Minor damage. Right brake frozen on touchdown. Tire blew aircraft left runway.

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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