19881214065539I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Pittsburgh, PA · December 14, 1988

Date
December 14, 1988 · 20:15 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Allegheny County
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3722W
Reported as
Piper PA32260
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540E1B5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,184 total103 in this make and model33 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.

During cruise lights began to dim. Landed at Allegheny airport without incident. Voltage regulators had failed.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CRUISE LIGHTS BEGAN TO DIM. LANDED AT ALLEGHENY AIRPORT WITHOUT INCIDENT. VOLTAGE REGULATORS HAD FAILED.

Other reports on N3722W · 1

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