# Incident 19920117007259I: Piper PA23250, Buffalo, NY, January 17, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1992, 04:55 local time
- Place: Buffalo, NY
- Airport: Greater Buffalo International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BIOA
- Location: 42.8864° N, 78.8784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8864&lon=-78.8784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63796, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63796) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540C1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 50 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920117007259I

## Narrative

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

HAD POWER LOSS OF BOTH ENGINES EN ROUTE. ACTUATED ALTERNATE INTAKE AIR CONTROLS. BOTH INTAKES FILTERS WERE CLOGGED.

## Other reports on N63796 (1)

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

- [Incident 19840103002689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840103002689I), Jan 3, 1984: Piper PA23250 (N63796), Cheektowaga, NY, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed on the landing roll. Cause undetermined.

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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