19790523100369I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Buffalo, NY · May 23, 1979

Date: May 23, 1979 · 19:15 local
Place: Buffalo, NY
Airport: International
Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N30MW
Reported as: Piper PA31
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,000 total600 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N30MWRegistration cancelled Jan 3, 2011 · Piper PA-31-310S/N 31-44 · Built 1967 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Top and bottom cowl flew off left engine, struck and broke left passenger window.

As the FAA filed it

TOP AND BOTTOM COWL FLEW OFF LEFT ENGINE, STRUCK AND BROKE LEFT PASSENGER WINDOW.

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

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