# Incident 19820325010559I: Cessna 500CESSNA, Niagara Falls, NY, March 25, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1982, 20:33 local time
- Place: Niagara Falls, NY
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0928° N, 79.0147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Niagara Falls, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0928&lon=-79.0147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N769K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N769K-2014-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 500 (registry code 2076602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-1 series (registry code 52060, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-1-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820325010559I

## Narrative

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

DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LOST WHEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN AFTER POWER WAS APPLIED BEFORE ENGINE REVERSE CLAM SHELLS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N769K (1)

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

- [Incident 19920802035979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920802035979I), Aug 2, 1992: Cessna 500CESSNA (N769K), Rensselaer, IN. Engine lost power. Started running rough. Forced landing in field. Found head of intake valve had failed.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.