# Incident 19921027055799I: Cessna 180D, Newfane, NY, October 27, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1992, 20:00 local time
- Place: Newfane, NY
- Airport: Hollands International Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2549° N, 78.7655° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HOLLANDS INTL FLD (85N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2549&lon=-78.7655&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6489X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6489X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180D (registry code 2072610, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 120 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921027055799I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STRUCK A TREE ON APPROACH TO LAND WITH LEFT WING. MADE GO AROUND AND LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N6489X (2)

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

- [Incident 20050305009409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050305009409I), Mar 5, 2005: Cessna 180D (N6489X), Jamestown, NY, Minor damage. (-23) On March 5, 2005, at 1400 EST, a Cessna 180, N6489X, registered to frontier skydivers, landed at Jamestown/Chautauqua airport and the left wheel then…
- [Incident 19800901067869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800901067869I), Sep 1, 1980: Cessna 180D (N6489X), Angola, NY, 1 fatal. Parachutist killed while making his first water jump.

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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