# Incident 19840105002799I: Piper PA31, Albany, NY, January 5, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1984, 08:00 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AVNA
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77AL-2013-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 750 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840105002799I

## Narrative

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

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 19830623040039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830623040039I), Jun 23, 1983: Piper PA31310 (N77AL), Nantucket, MA. On landing left main gear warning light illuminated. Landed without incident. Left gear forward side brace broken.
- [Incident 19810624043199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810624043199I), Jun 24, 1981: Piper PA31 (N77AL), Covington, KY. Za pilot got unsafe gear indication during retraction. Cycled 6 times,no help. Flight returned. Adjust main door sw

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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