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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Boston, MA · May 20, 1983

Date
May 20, 1983 · 15:50 local
Place
Boston, MA
Airport
Logan
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
WRWA
Aircraft
N68DD
Reported as
Piper PA31
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total1,500 in this make and model250 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.

Lost electric power inside of outer marker on approach. Landed safely. Faulty alternator switch popped circuit fuse

As the FAA filed it

LOST ELECTRIC POWER INSIDE OF OUTER MARKER ON APPROACH. LANDED SAFELY. FAULTY ALTERNATOR SWITCH POPPED CIRCUIT FUSE