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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA31 · Albany, NY · January 5, 1984

Date: January 5, 1984 · 08:00 local
Place: Albany, NY
Airport: Albany
Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: AVNA
Aircraft: N77AL
Reported as: Piper PA31
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,100 total750 in this make and model350 in the last 90 days

N77ALRegistration cancelled Jun 27, 2013 · Piper PA-31-310S/N 31-534 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Power failed due to over voltage drop off of alternators not noticed by crew until battery unable to trip relay.

As the FAA filed it

POWER FAILED DUE TO OVER VOLTAGE DROP OFF OF ALTERNATORS NOT NOTICED BY CREW UNTIL BATTERY UNABLE TO TRIP RELAY.

Other reports on N77AL · 2

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

Incident 19830623040039ILevel Off Touchdown · Nantucket, MAOn landing left main gear warning light illuminated. Landed without incident. Left gear forward side brace broken.Jun 23, 1983 Incident 19810624043199ICovington, KYZa pilot got unsafe gear indication during retraction. Cycled 6 times,no help. Flight returned. Adjust main door swJun 24, 1981