# Incident 19890415015319I: Piper PA32260, Elmira, NY, April 15, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1989, 18:37 local time
- Place: Elmira, NY
- Airport: Elmira-Corning Regional
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1599° N, 76.8917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELMIRA/CORNING RGNL (ELM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1599&lon=-76.8917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3277W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890415015319I

## Narrative

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

COMPLETE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. LANDED AT ELMIRA SAFELY. FOUND A BROKEN WIRE ON BACK OF ALTERNATOR.

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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