# Incident 19900303011449I: Piper PA32R300, Rochester, NY, March 3, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 1990, 09:34 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- 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: N43977, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43977) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900303011449I

## Narrative

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

ODOR OF SMOKE IN COCKPIT ON CLIMB. RETURNED. FOUND CLEANING SOLVENT AROUND EXHAUST STACK OF CABIN HEAT MUFF.

## Other reports on N43977 (2)

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

- [Incident 20081031850489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081031850489I), Oct 31, 2008: Piper PA32R300 (N43977), Columbus, MT, Minor damage. (-23) On October 31, 2008, at 1130 MDT, a Piper cherokee lance PA-32R, N43977, registered to air kraft spraying inc, crash landed in a swampy area 1/2 mile…
- [Incident 19930501018239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930501018239I), May 1, 1993: Piper PA32R300 (N43977), Syracuse, NY. Unsafe landing gear light. Diverted to Syracuse. Landed then departed. Found nose gear damage on landing at batavia

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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