# Incident 19790523100369I: Piper PA31, Buffalo, NY, May 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1979, 19:15 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N30MW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30MW-2011-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 600 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/19790523100369I

## Narrative

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

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

## Other reports on N30MW (1)

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

- [Accident 19820923049769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820923049769A), Sep 23, 1982: Piper PA31 (N30MW), London, KY, Substantial damage. Illegal drug flight made emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion.

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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