43.1548° N, 77.6156° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 12, 1992 · 13:49 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Greater Rochester Internationa
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N412DC
Reported as
Piper PA23250
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total250 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Unable to get nose landing gear to come up. Returned. Landed safely. Found nose gear down lock frozen.
As the FAA filed it
UNABLE TO GET NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COME UP. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND NOSE GEAR DOWN LOCK FROZEN.