19971101036719I

Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA32R301 · Middletown, PA · November 1, 1997

Date
November 1, 1997 · 20:00 local
Place
Middletown, PA
Airport
Harrisburg International Airport-Olmsted
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N415WR
Reported as
Piper PA32R301
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
225 total170 in this make and model75 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.

Lost electric power on climbout. Returned battery died after landing. Broken alterator blet. Failed conserve bat.

As the FAA filed it

LOST ELECTRIC POWER ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED BATTERY DIED AFTER LANDING. BROKEN ALTERATOR BLET. FAILED CONSERVE BAT.