# Incident 19830701044059I: Piper PA32260, Buffalo, NY, July 1, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1983, 07:30 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4518T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4518T) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830701044059I

## Narrative

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

WAS CLEARED ONTO RUNWAY AND HOLD. ADDED POWER AND TAXIED FORWARD HITTING  SEVERAL TAXI LIGHTS.

## Other reports on N4518T (1)

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

- [Incident 19910218005779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910218005779I), Feb 18, 1991: Piper PA32260 (N4518T), Elmira, NY. Total electrical failure on descent. Landed safely. Found a broken alternator field 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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