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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Pontiac, MI · December 16, 1980

Date
December 16, 1980 · 07:00 local
Place
Pontiac, MI
Airport
Oakland
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N747CE
Reported as
Piper PA31
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,200 total150 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.

Aircraft had complete electrical failure. Alternator rear bearing failed. Rotor contacted stator,short circuited.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HAD COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE.ALTERNATOR REAR BEARING FAILED.ROTOR CONTACTED STATOR,SHORT CIRCUITED.

Other reports on N747CE · 2

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