# Incident 19850814045819I: Piper PA23160, Gary, IN, August 14, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1985, 21:57 local time
- Place: Gary, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5934° N, 87.3464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gary, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5934&lon=-87.3464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4298P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23160
- Reported engine: LYC O320B3B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,004 total, 427 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850814045819I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL FAILURE OF INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR POSITION LIGHTS AT NIGHT. AFTER LANDING, FOUND CIRCUIT BREAKER OUT.

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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