# Accident 19860203002939A: Piper PA42720, Rochester, NY, February 3, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1986, 10:45 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Rochester Monroe County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1191° N, 77.6719° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1191&lon=-77.6719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777YP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA42720
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A61
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,183 total, 365 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC86LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860203002939A

## Narrative

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

WHILE FOLLOWING LINEMANS DIRECTIONS TO PARKING, AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED ICE ON RAMP AND SLID INTO A PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC86LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA070), Feb 3, 1986: Piper PA-42-720 (N777YP), Rochester, NY, substantial damage

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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