# Incident 19840309012399I: Piper PA23250, Buffalo, NY, March 9, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1984, 02:20 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N40232, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40232-1992-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840309012399I

## Narrative

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

RAN OFF TAXIWAY INTO A SNOWBANK WHILE TAXIING IN FROM LANDING. SNOW HID SOME OF THE BLUE TAXIWAY LIGHTS.

## Other reports on N40232 (1)

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

- [Incident 19830822049889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830822049889I), Aug 22, 1983: Piper PA23250 (N40232), Adrian, MI. Cabin door opened at cruise altitude. Found broken wire in top bayonet of the cabin door. Landed due to vibration.

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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