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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23 · Laurel, MT · June 6, 1986

Date
June 6, 1986 · 07:30 local
Place
Laurel, MT
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3052P
Reported as
Piper PA23
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 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.

Lost all electrical power at cruise. Descended through broken clouds. Found wires worn and shorting at alternator.

As the FAA filed it

LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER AT CRUISE. DESCENDED THROUGH BROKEN CLOUDS. FOUND WIRES WORN AND SHORTING AT ALTERNATOR.

Other reports on N3052P · 1

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