# Incident 20040505006789I: Piper PA28RT201T, Danville, IL, May 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2004, 13:00 local time
- Place: Danville, IL
- Airport: Vermilion County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1998° N, 87.5952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERMILION RGNL (DNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1998&lon=-87.5952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2132K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2132K-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 485 total, 169 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040505006789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 5, 2004 SHORTLY BEFORE 1300 LOCAL TIME THE APPROPRIATELY RATED AND QUALIFIED PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT DEPARTED PALWAUKEE AIRPORT, CHICAGO ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO CHATTANOOGA, TN. WHILE WORKING CHICAGO DEPARTURE CONTROL ON AN ASSIGNED HEADING OF 180 AND LEVEL AT 6,000 FEET THE PIC EXPERIENCED A TOTAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE AT ABOUT 1310 LOCAL TIME. THE PIC CONTINUED ON THE ASSIGNED HEADING AND ALTITUDE UNTIL OBSERVING THE DANVILLE, IL AIRPORT, WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 23. THE PIC EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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