# Incident 19891125062849I: Piper PA28181, Tracy, CA, November 25, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1989, 18:00 local time
- Place: Tracy, CA
- Airport: Tracy Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6889° N, 121.4416° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRACY MUNI (TCY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6889&lon=-121.4416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8086L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8086L-1990-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 67 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891125062849I

## Narrative

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

LOST ELECTRICAL POWER. LANDED SAFELY FOUND ALTERNATOR DRIVE BELT MISSING

## Other reports on N8086L (1)

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

- [Incident 19880325022139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880325022139I), Mar 25, 1988: Piper PA28181 (N8086L), San Luis Obispo, CA. Instructor told student to land fast due to possible windshear and turbulence. Overshot runway. No damage.

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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