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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Rochester, NY · September 21, 1985

Date
September 21, 1985 · 09:15 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Rochester-Monroe County
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N405PB
Reported as
Piper PA23250
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total400 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Returned for landing after fuel cap came off and siphoning began. Landed without incident. Fuel cap replaced.

As the FAA filed it

RETURNED FOR LANDING AFTER FUEL CAP CAME OFF AND SIPHONING BEGAN. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FUEL CAP REPLACED.