# Incident 19911014052239I: Piper PA28180, Earth, TX, October 14, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1991, 20:00 local time
- Place: Earth, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2338° N, 102.4092° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Earth, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2338&lon=-102.4092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2509R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2509R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 85 total, 75 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911014052239I

## Narrative

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

ALTERNATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON HIGHWAY. LANDED SAFELY.

## Other reports on N2509R (1)

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

- [Incident 19991227037839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991227037839I), Dec 27, 1999: Piper PA28180 (N2509R), Borger, TX. (-23) At 1104 am local time during a VFR flight to dodge city KS the pilot declared an emergency with amarillo approach control and was vectored to Borger, TX,…

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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