# Incident 19790426100539I: Piper PA31P, Hillsdale, MI, April 26, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1979, 09:30 local time
- Place: Hillsdale, MI
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 41.9275° N, 84.6375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hillsdale, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9275&lon=-84.6375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7302L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7302L-1995-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31P (registry code 7103120, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 70 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/19790426100539I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL FAILURE DURING FLIGHT DUE TO FAULTY BATTERY.

## Other reports on N7302L (1)

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

- [Accident 19751114036779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751114036779A), Nov 14, 1975: Piper PA31P (N7302L), Platte City, MO, Substantial damage. Un dtmn if fuel available at farris arpt elected not to lnd. Wheels up lndg on hwy median.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.