# Incident 19951231045799I: Piper PA60602P, Fayetteville, AR, December 31, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1995, 17:46 local time
- Place: Fayetteville, AR
- Airport: Drake Fld
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0051° N, 94.1701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DRAKE FLD (FYV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0051&lon=-94.1701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6898Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6898Y-2010-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-60-602P (registry code 7106015, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-60-602p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60602P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,460 total, 500 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951231045799I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 LOCAL TIME, AIRCRAFT PIPER, PA-60-602, S/N 60-8265010, ON IFR FLIGHT, ENROUTE FROM DENVER, CO, TO LITTLE ROCK, AR, STARTED TO EXPERIENCE ALTERNATOR PROBLEMS. THE PILOT MR. JERRY DON LANDIS A COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT SAID THE RIGHT ALTERNATOR WAS RESET. THE THIRD TIME THE RIGHT ALTERNATOR KICKED OFF THE LINE IT WOULD NOT RESET. IN CHECKING THE LOAD ON THE LEFT ALTERNATOR IT WAS TURNED OFF, THEN THE LEFT ALTERNATOR WOULD NOT RESET. APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES OUT FROM FAYETTEVILLE, AR, THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO GET THE LEFT ALTERNATOR WOULD NOT RESET. APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES OUT FROM FAYETTEVILLE, AR, THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO GET THE LEFT ALTERNATOR BACK ON THE LINE AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AT 1746 LOCAL TIME ON RWY 34 AT FYV. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT: THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. TEST AND RESEARCH: UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RIGHT ALTERNATOR HAD FAILED. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED BY THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY ON THE FAILED ALTERNATOR. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N6898Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19980707044109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980707044109A), Jul 7, 1998: Piper PA60602P (N6898Y), Beaumont Port A, TX, Substantial damage. (.4) On July 7, 1998, at 0635 central daylight time, a Piper PA-60-602P twin engine airplane, N6898Y, was substantially damaged when it impacted trees and…

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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