# Incident 19830131006279I: Piper PA23250, Rochester, NY, January 31, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1983, 17:30 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: N40204, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40204-2015-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 350 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830131006279I

## Narrative

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

VIBRATION OF LEFT FLAP AT CRUISE. CEASED AT SLOW CRUISE. MAY HAVE BEEN ICE CAUSED FLAP IMBALANCE. NO DEFECTS.

## Other reports on N40204 (1)

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

- [Incident 19990425020219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990425020219I), Apr 25, 1999: Piper PA23250 (N40204), Martinsburg, WV, Minor damage. Gear would not come down. Overflew a/p approx. 40 min. Then the decision was made to land. Minor damage to belly. No propellor strike.

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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