# Incident 19831108070529I: Piper PA60601P, Mason City, IA, November 8, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1983, 20:30 local time
- Place: Mason City, IA
- Airport: Mason City
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1578° N, 93.3312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MASON CITY MUNI (MCW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1578&lon=-93.3312&mi=10
- Aircraft: N601WK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N601WK-2002-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 7106012, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,730 total, 103 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831108070529I

## Narrative

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

LOST AN ALTERNATOR ON CLIMBOUT. CONTINUED FLIGHT THEN LOST THE OTHER ALTERNATOR DUE TO OVERLOAD. DEFECTIVE DIODES.

## Other reports on N601WK (1)

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

- [Accident 20000907040809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000907040809A), Sep 7, 2000: Piper PA60601P (N601WK), North Hampton, MA, Substantial damage. (.4) The airport consisted of a single runway oriented on a heading of 140/320 degrees. A taxiway oriented on a 120 degree heading intersected the runway at…

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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