# Accident 19830408011889A: Piper PA32RT300, Wellsville, NY, April 8, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1983, 09:35 local time
- Place: Wellsville, NY
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1197° N, 77.9396° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1197&lon=-77.9396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3515M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3515M-2012-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 404 total, 20 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83FA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830408011889A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT WITH NO WEATHER BRIEFING OVER GROSS AND INOP VACUUM PUMP DEPARTED IN IMC AND STRUCK A FOG OBSCURED HILL.

## 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 NYC83FA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA087), Apr 8, 1983: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N3515M), Wellsville, NY, destroyed, 6 fatal

## Other reports on N3515M (1)

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

- [Accident 19800225004949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800225004949A), Feb 25, 1980: Piper PA32300 (N3515M), Hokes Bluff, AL, Substantial damage. Night landing, downwind, unable to stop. Veered airplane into adjacent field to avoid overshooting runway.

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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