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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Aerosp 262A12NORD · New York, NY · August 10, 1979

Date
August 10, 1979 · 16:49 local
Place
New York, NY
Airport
Laguardia
Phase of flight
Idling Engines
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
RAN
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N26208
Reported as
Aerosp 262A12NORD
People aboard
20
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Plane was blown up onto wing tip by severe thunderstorm. Pilot had turned plane into wind.

As the FAA filed it

PLANE WAS BLOWN UP ONTO WING TIP BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. PILOT HAD TURNED PLANE INTO WIND.