# Incident 20020404017789I: Cessna 185, Buffalo, NY, April 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2002, 10:10 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: CFMAF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020404017789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 4/4/02 AT APPROX. 1010 LOCAL TIME, PILOT WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 23 AT BUFFALO, NY WITH A 60 DEGREE CROSSWIND WHEN THE PILOT LOST CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT'S WING AND TAIL SURFACES. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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