# Incident 19781205022459I: Piper PA23250, Rochester, NY, December 5, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1978, 19:20 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Monroe Co
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14256, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14256-2002-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 80 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781205022459I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSED DURING ROLLOUT. SUSPECT PILOT RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE.

## Other reports on N14256 (2)

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

- [Accident 19911027048139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911027048139A), Oct 27, 1991: Piper PA23250 (N14256), Groton - New Lo, CT, Substantial damage. Struck trees short of airport on VOR approach. Weather known to pilot was below minimum. Descended below mda.
- [Incident 19800611054159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800611054159I), Jun 11, 1980: Piper PA23250 (N14256), Rochester, NY. Pilot noticed engine smoking and alerted tower. Landed safely and found trouble to be oil filter seal leaking.

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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