# Accident 19790822024939A: Amtrbb MUSTANG2, Geneseo, NY, August 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1979, 18:50 local time
- Place: Geneseo, NY
- Airport: Geneseo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8017° N, 77.8464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENESEO (D52), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8017&lon=-77.8464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3QB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3QB-1980-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Scoville BUSHBY MUSTANG M-II (registry code 1690607, https://openairdocs.org/model/scoville-bushby-mustang-m-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBB MUSTANG2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FFS25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FFS25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790822024939A

## Narrative

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

MADE STEEP BANK TO FINAL. ACFT STALLED, HIT SHORT OF RWY. PILOT UNSKILLED IN ACFT. AIRSPEED INDICATOR ERROR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC79FFS25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FFS25), Aug 22, 1979: Bushby 22 (N3QB), Geneseo, NY, substantial damage

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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