# Incident 19790905034569I: Beech E18S, Buffalo, NY, September 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 1979, 18:09 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N45M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45M-2012-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E18S (registry code 1151006, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 6,500 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/19790905034569I

## Narrative

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

ZD ZG ZK UNABLE TO EXTED GEAR NORMALLY, PILOT INJURED BY CRANK DURING EMERGENCY EXTENSION. GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLL.

## Other reports on N45M (2)

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

- [Incident 19800114013789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800114013789I), Jan 14, 1980: Beech E18S (N45M), Romulus, MI, Minor damage. Failure of left upper landing gear sprocket idler bracket let chain jam and prevented full emergency gear extension
- [Incident 19790328011899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790328011899I), Mar 28, 1979: Beech E18S (N45M), Louisville, KY. Engine became rough and lost power right after liftoff. Landed straight ahead. Cause not determined.

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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