# Incident 19860606034229I: Piper PA23, Laurel, MT, June 6, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1986, 07:30 local time
- Place: Laurel, MT
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6740° N, 108.7783° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Laurel, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6740&lon=-108.7783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3052P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3052P-1996-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860606034229I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19830216008949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830216008949I), Feb 16, 1983: Piper PA23160 (N3052P), Daytona Beach, FL, Minor damage. Pilot turned 90 degrees off runway onto taxiway that required a 120 degree turn. Ran into a ditch.

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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