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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Pittsburgh, PA · January 6, 1987

Date
January 6, 1987 · 12:00 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3588C
Reported as
Piper PA31350
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total75 in this make and model73 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.

Alternator lights indicated inoperative. Reversed course, got one alternator on line. Replaced voltage regulator.

As the FAA filed it

ALTERNATOR LIGHTS INDICATED INOPERATIVE. REVERSED COURSE, GOT ONE ALTERNATOR ON LINE. REPLACED VOLTAGE REGULATOR.

Other reports on N3588C · 2

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