19851016065799I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-181 · Laverne, CA · October 16, 1985

Date: October 16, 1985 · 13:09 local
Place: Laverne, CA
Airport: Brackett
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N3008U
Reported as: Piper PA28181
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,800 total3,000 in this make and model205 in the last 90 days

N3008URegistered now · Piper PA-28-181S/N 28-7990333 · Built 1979 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-181 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Electrical system failed. Landed at controlled airport without communication. One cell in battery was dry.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. LANDED AT CONTROLLED AIRPORT WITHOUT COMMUNICATION. ONE CELL IN BATTERY WAS DRY.