# Incident 19791101056209I: Piper PA31, Rochester, NY, November 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1979, 11:03 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Monroe Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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: N6476L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6476L-1996-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 72 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/19791101056209I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF, RIGHT ENGINE RAN HOT. MAINTENANCE SAID ENGINE HAD BEEN OPERATED TOO LEAN WITH MIXTURE CONTROL.

## Other reports on N6476L (1)

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

- [Incident 19790205005649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790205005649I), Feb 5, 1979: Piper PA31 (N6476L), Rochester, NY. Pilot unable to retract gear after takeoff. Found bad electrical connectors.

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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