About 20 Minutes Into The Flight, The Engine Started To Surge On August 1, 2025, about 1330 eastern daylight time, a Piper J5C, NC 28151, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Rochester, New York. The passenger was fatally injured, and the pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, the airplane had not flown in several months and he had to remove mud dauber nests from the wings. They took off from a private runway, which was the owner/passenger’s, on the west side of Rochester, New York and flew east for about 30 minutes to Whitfords Airport (B16), Weedsport, New York.
