43.1548° N, 77.6156° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 31, 1978 · 23:30 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Monroe Co
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N27806
Reported as
Piper PA31
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,689 total60 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot parked, disembarked without chocks or parking brake set. Airplane rolled into another parked aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT PARKED, DISEMBARKED WITHOUT CHOCKS OR PARKING BRAKE SET. AIRPLANE ROLLED INTO ANOTHER PARKED AIRCRAFT.