# Incident 19801216085489I: Piper PA31, Pontiac, MI, December 16, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1980, 07:00 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N747CE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N747CE-1982-12-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,200 total, 150 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/19801216085489I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19820206004579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820206004579A), Feb 6, 1982: Piper PA31310 (N747CE), Fort Pierce, FL, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed about one mile east of private strip for unknown reasons. Marijuana was found onboard aircraft.
- [Accident 19810605038609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810605038609A), Jun 5, 1981: Piper PA31 (N747CE), Ft Myers, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft was returning to airport because of rough engine. Crashed short of runway.

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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