# Incident 19830323013269I: Piper PA32300, Farmingdale, NY, March 23, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 1983, 12:48 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2873U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2873U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830323013269I

## Narrative

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

AMPERE GAUGE SHOWED OVER CHARGE. RETURNED. FOUND OVERHEATED BATTERY DUE TO AN INTERNAL SHORT.

## Other reports on N2873U (1)

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

- [Incident 19790916023319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790916023319I), Sep 16, 1979: Piper PA32300 (N2873U), Danbury, CT, Minor damage. Pilot hit a post during turn at runway end onto taxiway.

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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