# Incident 19801118084059I: Piper PA31350, Boston, MA, November 18, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1980, 02:08 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: Losgan International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ARTA
- Location: 42.3584° N, 71.0598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boston, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3584&lon=-71.0598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61443, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61443-2013-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-350 (registry code 7103110, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-350) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31350
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,600 total, 3,600 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/19801118084059I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT RETURNED DUE TO INOPERATIVE ALTERNATOR.

## Other reports on N61443 (1)

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

- [Incident 19811001075589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811001075589I), Oct 1, 1981: Piper PA31350 (N61443), Beverly, MA. Engine rough on takeoff. Returned. Found density controller had internal failure.

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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