19851030060309I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301T · Rochester, NY · October 30, 1985

Date
October 30, 1985 · 14:30 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Rochester-Monroe County
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8384L
Reported as
Piper PA32R301T
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total35 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

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.

Complete electrical failure after takeoff. Aircraft had been jump started. Manual gear extension battery worn out.

As the FAA filed it

COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE AFTER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN JUMP STARTED. MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION BATTERY WORN OUT.