# Incident 19780309015549I: Piper PA28140, Dover Afb, DE, March 9, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1978, 17:22 local time
- Place: Dover Afb, DE
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1280° N, 75.4655° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dover Air Force Base, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1280&lon=-75.4655&mi=10
- Aircraft: N33158, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N33158) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 120 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780309015549I

## Narrative

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

ALL ELECTRICAL POWER LOST DURING IFR CLIMB. CONTINUED VFR ON TOP. DESCENDED THROUGH OVERCAST. DEAD BATTERY.

## Other reports on N33158 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810601037009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810601037009I), Jun 1, 1981: Piper PA28140 (N33158), Hamburg, NY, Minor damage. During landing deer ran across runway in an effort to miss the deer aircraft drifted and hit a tree.

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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