# Incident 19881214065539I: Piper PA32260, Pittsburgh, PA, December 14, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1988, 20:15 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Allegheny County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3544° N, 79.9290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALLEGHENY COUNTY (AGC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3544&lon=-79.9290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3722W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3722W-2014-10-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC IO540E1B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,184 total, 103 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881214065539I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19910731030899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910731030899A), Jul 31, 1991: Piper PA32260 (N3722W), Monongahela, PA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck embankment short of runway, final night landing uncontrolled airport, aircraft burned.

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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