43.9733° N, 75.9100° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Watertown, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 19, 1992 · 11:46 local
Place
Watertown, NY
Airport
Watertown New York International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4357G
Reported as
Piper PA46310P
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total2,000 in this make and model50 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.
Complete electrical system failure. Precautionary landing. Found rotor loose on shaft of gear driven alternator.
As the FAA filed it
COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. FOUND ROTOR LOOSE ON SHAFT OF GEAR DRIVEN ALTERNATOR.