# Incident 19790117002339I: Piper PA23250, Utica, NY, January 17, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1979, 19:42 local time
- Place: Utica, NY
- Airport: Oneida Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 43.1432° N, 75.3799° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Oneida County Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1432&lon=-75.3799&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40455, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40455-1979-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 300 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/19790117002339I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SURGING AT CRUISE, PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE, DELCARED EMERGENCY AND GROUNDLOOPED ON ICY RUNWAY

## Other reports on N40455 (1)

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

- [Incident 19781023028029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781023028029I), Oct 23, 1978: Piper PA23250 (N40455), Flushing, NY. While holding for takeoff, one engine shut down and prop went to full feather. Propeller control bracket broken

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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