# Incident 19900309011529I: Piper PA32RT300T, Muncie, IN, March 9, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1990, 10:00 local time
- Place: Muncie, IN
- Airport: Delaware County-Johnson Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2423° N, 85.3959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Delaware County Johnson Field (MIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2423&lon=-85.3959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36401, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36401) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900309011529I

## Narrative

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

LOST ELECTRICAL POWER AND NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT. FLEW TO VFR AIRPORT. BATTERY HAD INTERNAL SHORT.

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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