# Incident 19890731047499I: Piper PA23, Wellsville, NY, July 31, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1989, 10:00 local time
- Place: Wellsville, NY
- Airport: Wellsville Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1207° N, 77.9457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wellsville, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1207&lon=-77.9457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1341A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1341A-2014-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 486 total, 112 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890731047499I

## Narrative

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

UPON DESCENT AT DESTINATION WEATHER CHANGED TO IFR. DECLARED EMERGENCY AND VECTORED TO ALTERNATE AIRPORT.

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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