43.1548° N, 77.6156° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 22, 1979 · 08:17 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Monroe Co
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N32CL
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total3,000 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.
Aircraft landed short, 240 feet short of the threshold. Virgin snow made depth perception difficult.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT, 240 FEET SHORT OF THE THRESHOLD. VIRGIN SNOW MADE DEPTH PERCEPTION DIFFICULT.