# Incident 19860114004699I: Piper PA31, Ithaca, NY, January 14, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1986, 09:33 local time
- Place: Ithaca, NY
- Airport: Tompkins County
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4439° N, 76.5031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ithaca, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4439&lon=-76.5031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N400BW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N400BW-1991-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860114004699I

## Narrative

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

TOLD TO CONTACT TOWER AFTER BEING CLEARED FOR APPROACH. FORGOT TO SWITCH TO TOWER. LANDED WITHOUT CLEARANCE.

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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