43.1548° N, 77.6156° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 24, 1979 · 16:23 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Monroe Co
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N200PB
Reported as
Beech 200BEECH
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
17,500 total450 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.
Takeoff aborted due to an engine fire warning light. Photo-electric alarm was triggered by strobe light.
As the FAA filed it
TAKEOFF ABORTED DUE TO AN ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT. PHOTO-ELECTRIC ALARM WAS TRIGGERED BY STROBE LIGHT.