44.2298° N, 74.4619° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Tupper Lake, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 20, 1988 · 17:15 local
Place
Tupper Lake, NY
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
CFGNS
Reported as
Piper PA16S
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,650 total2,000 in this make and model40 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.
Precautionary landing due to low fuel and off course. VOR navigation inoperative. Found broken wire on generator.
As the FAA filed it
PRECAUTIONARY LANDING DUE TO LOW FUEL AND OFF COURSE. VOR NAVIGATION INOPERATIVE. FOUND BROKEN WIRE ON GENERATOR.