# Incident 19790810030089I: Aerosp 262A12NORD, New York, NY, August 10, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1979, 16:49 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: Laguardia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RAN
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26208 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP 262A12NORD
- People aboard: 20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19790810030089I

## Narrative

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

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

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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