# Incident 19880113004729I: Piper PA31350, Rochester, NY, January 13, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1988, 19:18 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Rochester-Monroe County
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BIWA
- 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: N59987, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59987) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540J2BD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,775 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880113004729I

## Narrative

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

OIL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO. ENGINE SHUT DOWN. FOUND PISTON AND ROD FAILURE.

## Other reports on N59987 (2)

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

- [Incident 19960706032639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960706032639I), Jul 6, 1996: Piper PA31350 (N59987), Ft Lauderdale, FL. Narrative: on July 6, 1996, at about 2030 LCL, a Piper PA-31-350, registered to wings as eagles mission air serv, inc., was on descent into ft. Lauderdale, FL,…
- [Incident 19900827045699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900827045699I), Aug 27, 1990: Piper PA31350 (N59987), Rochester, NY. Unsafe right main landing gear indication. Landed safely. Faulty gear up indication.

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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