# Incident 19790215005989I: Beech 18S, Buffalo, NY, February 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 1979, 19:11 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- 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: N2201S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2201S-2019-01-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech SNB-5 (registry code 1151024, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-snb-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 18S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,500 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/19790215005989I

## Narrative

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

GEAR RETRACTED BEFORE ATTAINING TAKEOFF SPEED.

## Other reports on N2201S (1)

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

- [Incident 19881218069489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881218069489I), Dec 18, 1988: Beech SNB5 (N2201S), Grandy Bay, AL, Minor damage. Lost control on landing rollout. Nose went up aircraft ground looped. Found torque link had broken on strut.

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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