# Incident 20000601032719I: Piper PA31, Rochester, NY, June 1, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2000, 18:30 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N65TT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65TT-2015-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31 (registry code 7103103, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-A2C (registry code 41971, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-a2c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000601032719I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JUNE 1, 2000, AT 1830 EST, A PIPER AIRCRAFT, PA-31-350, S/N 31-7612078, N65TT, EXPERIENCED FUMES IN THE COCKPIT WHILE INBOUND TO ROCHESTER, NY AIRPORT (ROC) LANDING ON RUNWAY FOUR (4). THE ARFF RESPONDED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT INCIDENT.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE LEFT WING ROOT AND FOUND A WORN OUT FUEL LINE.  THE FUEL LINES ON BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED IAW PIPER MAINTENANCE MANUAL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS CHECKED FOR LEAKS.  OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS GOOD AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITH NO DEFECTS AT THIS TIME.  INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WAS NOT INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE LOUISVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SDF) ON JUNE 1, 2000.

## Other reports on N65TT (1)

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

- [Incident 19980519019569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980519019569I), May 19, 1998: Piper PA31 (N65TT), Rochester, NY. Smoke from under panel on approach turned off master. Smoke stopped. Used had com. Panel dimmer switch shorted.

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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