# Incident 19830217008669I: Piper PA31, Rochester, NY, February 17, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1983, 15:33 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Monroe Co
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- 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: N620WF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N620WF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830217008669I

## Narrative

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

HAD UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT FERRYING AIRCRAFT FROM PAINT SHOP. FOUND OVERSPRAY ON LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N620WF (3)

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

- [Incident 19930312008289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930312008289I), Mar 12, 1993: Piper PA31310 (N620WF), Syracuse, NY. Right engine failure en route. Landed safely. Engine removed for examination.
- [Incident 19850924058799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850924058799I), Sep 24, 1985: Piper PA31 (N620WF), Windsor Locks, CT, Minor damage. Left propeller was damaged on takeoff. Aircraft continued to other airports. Appears aircraft hit a runway light.
- [Accident 19820628025449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820628025449A), Jun 28, 1982: Piper PA31 (N620WF), Bennington, VT, Substantial damage. In flight fire in left engine nacelle. Exhaust coupling, P/N556-962 was broken.

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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