# Incident 19841026063989I: Piper PA32300, Tulsa, OK, October 26, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1984, 15:45 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5247F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5247F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 540 total, 150 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841026063989I

## Narrative

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

ALTERNATOR FAILURE FOLLOWED BY BATTERY FAILURE PILOT LOST RADIO CONTACT AND DESCENDED BELOW CLOUDS TO LAND.

## Other reports on N5247F (1)

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

- [Incident 20170301002619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170301002619I), Mar 1, 2017: Piper PA-32-300 (N5247F), Morris, OK, No damage. Pilot flying from khpy to ktul had a vacuum pump failure and other anomalies that caused concern and resulted in him switching fuel tank back from a full tank…

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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