# Incident 19920814036789I: Piper PA32R301, Batavia, NY, August 14, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1992, 21:50 local time
- Place: Batavia, NY
- Airport: Genesee County Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0318° N, 78.1697° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENESEE COUNTY (GVQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0318&lon=-78.1697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83694, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83694) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920814036789I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILURE WHILE APPROACHING ROCHESTER. DIVERTED. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N83694 (2)

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

- [Incident 19900912049289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900912049289I), Sep 12, 1990: Piper PA32R301 (N83694), Rochester, NY. On retraction of gear the light showed in-transit. Extended gear and returned. Micro-switches were adjusted.
- [Incident 19861105063559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861105063559I), Nov 5, 1986: Piper PA32R301 (N83694), Rochester, NY. Unsafe nose gear indication on final. Safe landing. Found wires loose on nose gear down light 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.

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