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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32-260 · Seward, NE · August 9, 1992

Date
August 9, 1992 · 10:10 local
Place
Seward, NE
Airport
Seward Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3850W
Reported as
Piper PA32260
Reported engine
Lycoming O540E4B5
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

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 in flight. Precautionary landing at Seward. Found alternator brushes worn out.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE IN FLIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT SEWARD. FOUND ALTERNATOR BRUSHES WORN OUT.