# Incident 19890311026379I: Piper PA32R300, Fort Wayne, IN, March 11, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1989, 16:00 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Fort Wayne Municipal - Baer Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4646F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4646F-2018-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 30 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890311026379I

## Narrative

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

COMPLETE POWER FAILURE. FORCED LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. HAD FAULTY VOLTAGE REGULATOR.

## Other reports on N4646F (2)

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

- [Accident 20140810014769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140810014769A), Aug 10, 2014: Piper PA-32R-300 (N4646F), Salt Lake City, UT, Destroyed. Aircraft departed runway 16 at South Valley Regional Airport (U42) at approximately 0901 local time. Aircraft impacted the ground at an approximate heading of…
- [Incident 19800301027989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800301027989I), Mar 1, 1980: Piper PA32R300 (N4646F), Dubuque, IA, Minor damage. Electrical failure. Pilot failed to extend gear for precautionary landing.

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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