# Incident 19880429028669I: Piper PA23250, Rochester, NY, April 29, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1988, 06:44 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Rochester-Monroe County
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- 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: N6UC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6UC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,444 total, 210 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880429028669I

## Narrative

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

RIGHT ENGINE FAILED ON FINAL APPROACH. LANDED SAFELY. POSSIBLE ICIING OR WATER IN FUEL. ALSO FOUND BAD VACUUM PUMP.

## Other reports on N6UC (2)

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

- [Incident 19921113052299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921113052299I), Nov 13, 1992: Piper PA23250 (N6UC), Rochester, NY. Partial power loss on descent. Flying through heavy snow. Landed safely. Found snow in air intake,ice in air filter
- [Incident 19920209005949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920209005949I), Feb 9, 1992: Piper PA23250 (N6UC), Rochester, NY. Right engine quit in flight. Landed safely at Rochester. Found small amount of water in fuel tanks.

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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