19791212047389I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Albany, NY · December 12, 1979

Date
December 12, 1979 · 09:10 local
Place
Albany, NY
Airport
Co
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N111PK
Reported as
Piper PA31
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total1,000 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.

In level flight, aircraft developed electrical problem. Some electronics, other accessories became inoperative.

As the FAA filed it

IN LEVEL FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. SOME ELECTRONICS, OTHER ACCESSORIES BECAME INOPERATIVE.