# Incident 19961222044869I: Piper PA32260, Mena, AR, December 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 1996, 16:16 local time
- Place: Mena, AR
- Airport: Intermountain Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5826° N, 94.2365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mena, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5826&lon=-94.2365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7731J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7731J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540F1 SERIE (registry code 41531, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540f1-serie) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540F1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 215 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961222044869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LOST ELECTRICAL POWER AND DIVERTED TO MENA INTERMOUNTAIN AIRPORT, MENA, AR. MAINTENANCE FOUND ALTERNATOR DEFECTIVE - REPLACED ALTERNATOR AND DID A FULL GROUND MAINTENANCE RUN UP. ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED SATISFACTORY. M OR D SUBMITTED.

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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