# Accident 19730322013009A: Piper PA28R200, Kissimmee, FL, March 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1973
- Place: Kissimmee, FL
- Airport: Kissimmee Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 28.2836° N, 81.4090° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KISSIMMEE (FA17), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2836&lon=-81.4090&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55024 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 100 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FLD65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLD65) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730322013009A

## Narrative

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

ALTERNATOR BRUSH STUCK IN HOLDER.DID NOT NOT COMPLETE ALL ITEMS,EMERGENCY LDG GR EXTN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA73FLD65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FLD65), Mar 22, 1973: Piper PA-28R (N55024), Kissimmee, FL, substantial damage

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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