# Incident 19900202006859I: Piper PA28RT201, New York, NY, February 2, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1990, 09:30 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: John F Kennedy International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6399° N, 73.7787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (JFK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6399&lon=-73.7787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3059Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3059Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 59 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900202006859I

## Narrative

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

TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. ALTERNATOR HAD BROKEN DIODES AND WAS REPLACED.

## Other reports on N3059Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19810826064679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810826064679I), Aug 26, 1981: Piper PA28RT201 (N3059Z), Springfield, MO, Minor damage. Student making touch and go landings could not get nose gear down. Found broken shimmy damper jamming nose gear.

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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