# Incident 19861105063559I: Piper PA32R301, Rochester, NY, November 5, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1986, 22:48 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Rochester Monroe County
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- 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: N83694, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83694) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861105063559I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION ON FINAL. SAFE LANDING. FOUND WIRES LOOSE ON NOSE GEAR DOWN LIGHT SWITCH.

## Other reports on N83694 (2)

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

- [Incident 19920814036789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920814036789I), Aug 14, 1992: Piper PA32R301 (N83694), Batavia, NY. Engine failure while approaching rochester. Diverted. Landed safely.
- [Incident 19900912049289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900912049289I), Sep 12, 1990: Piper PA32R301 (N83694), Rochester, NY. On retraction of gear the light showed in-transit. Extended gear and returned. Micro-switches were adjusted.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.