# Incident 19820209001589I: Rkwell 500B, Buffalo, NY, February 9, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1982, 04:12 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CCTA
- 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: N471A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 500B
- Reported engine: LYC IO540B1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 150 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820209001589I

## Narrative

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

THROTTLES FROZE AT CRUISE POWER. EMERGENCY LANDED ON UNPLOWED RUNWAY. HAD FLOWN IN HEAVY SNOW, CLOGGED INTAKES.

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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