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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-300 · Flushing, NY · July 23, 1979

Date
July 23, 1979 · 18:00 local
Place
Flushing, NY
Airport
La Guardia
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7FM
Reported as
Piper PA32300
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total800 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Zero amp output by alternator during climb. Battery soc lm 33 would not hold charge.

As the FAA filed it

ZERO AMP OUTPUT BY ALTERNATOR DURING CLIMB. BATTERY SOC LM 33 WOULD NOT HOLD CHARGE.