# Accident 19750115002199A: Piper PA24250, Rochester, MN, January 15, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1975
- Place: Rochester, MN
- Airport: Rochester
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 43.9083° N, 92.5000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROCHESTER INTL (RST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9083&lon=-92.5000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7179P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7179P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,120 total, 408 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75FER41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FER41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750115002199A

## Narrative

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

UN EXTD GR.NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL SYS PROBLEMS.ELT DID NOT ACTIVATE.

## 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 MKC75FER41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FER41), Jan 15, 1975: Piper PA-24 (N7179P), Rochester, MN, 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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