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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-60-602P · Allentown, PA · April 21, 1990

Date
April 21, 1990 · 17:30 local
Place
Allentown, PA
Airport
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N64719
Reported as
Piper PA60602P
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 in this make and model41 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Electrical failure en route. Descended and landed. Both alternator circuit breakers were out. Reset.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRICAL FAILURE EN ROUTE. DESCENDED AND LANDED. BOTH ALTERNATOR CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE OUT. RESET.