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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28RT-201 · Rochester, NY · November 15, 1990

Date
November 15, 1990 · 16:30 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Greater Rochester Internationa
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N101RT
Reported as
Piper PA28RT201
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total1,100 in this make and model25 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 system failure en route. Landed safely. Found a broken alternator electrical lead.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE EN ROUTE. LANDED SAFELY. FOUND A BROKEN ALTERNATOR ELECTRICAL LEAD.