# Incident 19910805036079I: Piper PA28151, Charleston, WV, August 5, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1991, 10:30 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43685, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N43685) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-151 (registry code 7102805, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-151) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28151
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 195 total, 13 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910805036079I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT LOSING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. VECTORED TO AIRPORT. ALTERNATOR BRACKET WAS BROKEN.

## Other reports on N43685 (1)

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

- [Incident 20210522006259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210522006259I), May 22, 2021: Piper PA-28-151 (N43685), Leesburg, FL, Minor damage. A Piper PA-28A, was on departure from runway 3, where as they struck a bird that resulted in a cracked windshield, and two associated windows along the right…

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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