# Incident 19790501100059I: Piper PA32RT300T, Rochester, NY, May 1, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1979, 15:10 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Monroe Co
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36447, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N36447-1983-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 800 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/19790501100059I

## Narrative

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

ALTERNATOR FAILED. CONNECTOR BROKEN AT ALTERNATOR INPUT WIRE.

## Other reports on N36447 (2)

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

- [Accident 19821204063019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821204063019A), Dec 4, 1982: Piper PA32RT300T (N36447), Hilton Head, SC, Destroyed. Aircraft hit trees and crashed after takeoff.
- [Incident 19801203085879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801203085879I), Dec 3, 1980: Piper PA32R300 (N36447), Rochester, NY. Gear extended twice in level flight without command.

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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