# Incident 19830520037609I: Piper PA31, Boston, MA, May 20, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1983, 15:50 local time
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: Logan
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WRWA
- 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: N68DD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830520037609I

## Narrative

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

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

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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