# Incident 19891025055509I: Beech A36, Rochester, NY, October 25, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1989, 19:14 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- 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: N38083, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N38083-2011-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 600 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891025055509I

## Narrative

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

EXPERIENCED ROUGH ENGINE WHILE LANDING. REPLACED TWO PLUGS THAT WERE FOULED.

## Other reports on N38083 (2)

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

- [Incident 19870414028459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870414028459I), Apr 14, 1987: Beech A36 (N38083), Niagara Falls, NY. Right gear suffered a bird strike on takeoff. Unable to raise gear. Returned, squat switch damaged by bird strike
- [Incident 19840808047239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840808047239I), Aug 8, 1984: Beech A36 (N38083), Ithaca, NY. Unsafe gear indication on first try. Recycled and got 3 greens. Landed normal. Changed nose gear control switch.

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.