# Incident 19940719029959I: Piper PA31350, Rochester, NY, July 19, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1994, 08:15 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DRUA
- 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: N4078L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4078L-2002-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 600 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940719029959I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 19, 1994, AT 0815 EDT, A PIPER, PA-31, N4078L, OPERATED BY CROW EXECUTIVE AIR CHARTER, INC., DURING DESCENT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25 AT ROCHESTER AIRPORT EXPERIENCED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR LIGHT INDICATOR FAILURE TO ILLUMINATE. FLIGHT CREW MADE A GO-AROUND AND RECYCLED THE GEARS, IT DID NOT HELP. THE LANDING GEARS WERE EXTENDED MANUALLY AND A LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON RUNWAY 22 AT ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT. AN INSPECTION REVEALED DIRTY LANDING GEAR SWITCH. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR SWITCH WAS CLEANED; OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY AND AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N4078L (1)

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

- [Incident 20010420012319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010420012319I), Apr 20, 2001: Piper PA31350 (N4078L), Newark, OH, Minor damage. (-23) On April 20, 2001, at approximately 1400 EDT, during landing rollout at Newark-Heath Airport, (vta) Heath, OH, on a flight conducted under 14 CFR part…

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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