# Incident 19901208062309I: Piper PA32301, Fairbanks, AK, December 8, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1990, 15:23 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: ACSA
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8212H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8212H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-301 (registry code 7103207, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 450 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901208062309I

## Narrative

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

ALTERNATOR FAILED EN ROUTE. LANDED SAFELY. VOLTAGE REGULATOR HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N8212H (2)

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

- [Incident 19970829030349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970829030349I), Aug 29, 1997: Piper PA32301 (N8212H), False Pass, AK, Minor damage. Narrative: during the transition from rotation to a crab into the right cross wind off runway 13 at False Pass, aircraft encountered a gust of wind which…
- [Accident 19950814027159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950814027159A), Aug 14, 1995: Piper PA32301 (N8212H), Togiak Village, AK, Substantial damage. Drifted on flare. Dropped wing. Struck tall grass on edge runway. Veered off. Collapsed gear. Blamed wind gust.

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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