# Accident 19820312004709A: Piper PA32260, Syracuse, NY, March 12, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1982, 12:45 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Hancock
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 43.0413° N, 76.1432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Syracuse, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0413&lon=-76.1432&mi=10
- Aircraft: N260BB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N260BB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,721 total, 105 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82FFJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FFJ12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820312004709A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON ILS APPROACH. FUEL SELECTOR ON EMPTY TANK. OTHER FUEL ON BOARD. WEATHER BELOW LANDING MINIMUM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC82FFJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FFJ12), Mar 12, 1982: Piper PA-32 (N260BB), Syracuse, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N260BB (1)

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

- [Incident 20090816025389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090816025389I), Aug 16, 2009: Piper PA-32-260 (N260BB), Nantucket, MA, Minor damage. Reported an electrical fire in the instrument panel on takeoff roll from ack rwy 24 landed back on same rwy exited to ramp and shut off master switch and fire…

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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