# Incident 19801014074159I: Grumav G159, Rochester, NY, October 14, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1980, 19:35 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: N720X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N720X-1988-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-159 (registry code 3952202, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-159) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAV G159
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 1,800 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/19801014074159I

## Narrative

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

ZP ZK SHUT DOWN ENGINE DUE TO FIRE WARNING. DISCOVERED FAULTY FIRE DETECTION RELAY BOX.

## Other reports on N720X (1)

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

- [Incident 19810506029529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810506029529I), May 6, 1981: Grumav G159 (N720X), Rochester, NY. During takeoff left engine fire warning came on. Maintenance found a chaffed wire.

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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