# Incident 19790727008259I: Piper PA28140, Rochester, NY, July 27, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1979, 14:00 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Monroe Co
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N6488W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6488W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 375 total, 280 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/19790727008259I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STOPPED AFTER CARB HEAT APPLIED. RESTARTED AND LANDED WITH HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON LEADING EDGE.

## Other reports on N6488W (1)

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

- [Incident 19811108080299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811108080299I), Nov 8, 1981: Piper PA28140 (N6488W), Rochester, NY. Zt smoke in cockpit from rag stuffed in heater outlet by pilot after he disconnected heater controls.

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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