# Incident 19801024075829I: Piper PA30, Springfield, MO, October 24, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1980, 08:55 local time
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Airport: Downtown
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2227° N, 93.2483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOWNTOWN (3DW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2227&lon=-93.2483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8735Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8735Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 6,000 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/19801024075829I

## Narrative

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

ZA ZH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N8735Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20040117011191A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040117011191A), Jan 17, 2004: Piper PA30 (N8735Y), Clearwater, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot of this aircraft (PA-30) departed winter haven (gif) at approximately 1400 local for an estimated flight of 30 minutes to Clearwater airpark (clw).…

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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