# Incident 19831109060719I: Piper PA24, Rochester, NY, November 9, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1983, 14:40 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Roc Monroe County
- 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: N8084P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8084P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24 (registry code 7102402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 700 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831109060719I

## Narrative

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

GEAR LOWERED PARTIALLY.  RETURNED.  SAFE LANDING.  FOUND WRONG GREASE HAD BEEN USED TO LUBRICATE LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N8084P (1)

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

- [Incident 19930418012939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930418012939I), Apr 18, 1993: Piper PA24 (N8084P), Rochester, NY. Experienced electrical failure on climb out. Returned. Landed safely. Replaced altimeter.

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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