# Incident 19871104074329I: Piper PA32RT300T, Delta, UT, November 4, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1987, 18:30 local time
- Place: Delta, UT
- Airport: Delta Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3828° N, 112.5022° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELTA MUNI (DTA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3828&lon=-112.5022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21435, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21435) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 675 total, 320 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871104074329I

## Narrative

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

LOST ELECTRIC POWER AT NIGHT. PILOT REDUCED ELECTRIC LOAD AND LANDED OK. FOUND LOOSE WIRE CONNECT AT ALTERNATOR.

## Other reports on N21435 (1)

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

- [Incident 20031125034729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031125034729I), Nov 25, 2003: Piper PA32RT300T (N21435), Garden City, KS, Minor damage. (-23) N21435 experienced an in-flight electrical failure while on a VFR flight, under an IFR flight plan, from omaha, Nebraska to dalhart, Texas. The pilot…

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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