# Accident 19780623018469A: Piper PA23250, Albuquerque, NM, June 23, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1978
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13862, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13862) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 360 in this make and model, 312 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78EQA33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78EQA33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780623018469A

## Narrative

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

LOOSE BATTERY POST,LOSS OF ALTERNATOR EXCITING CURRENT.

## 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 DEN78EQA33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78EQA33), Jun 23, 1978: Beech N35 (N13862), Albuquerque, NM, 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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