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NYC84FA313

1984-09-15 · BUFFALO, New York, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport BUF

N4512E has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (DJI AGRAS T50), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED ON MAIN STREET, BUFFALO, NY, WHILE EXECUTING A FORCED LANDING DURING AN AIR TAXI CARGO OPERATION. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT BASED ON FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS THE PLT HAD NOT ALLOWED FOR ALL CONTINGENCIES DURING HIS ORGINAL FLT PLANNING & THE ACFT WAS OPERATED IN AVERY PRECARIOUS CONDITION DURING THE LATTER STAGES OF FLT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_NYC84FA313.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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