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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Omaha, NE · August 4, 2004

Date: August 4, 2004 · 11:00 local
Place: Omaha, NE
Airport: Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N9134K
Reported as: Piper PA32R300
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N9134KRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-300S/N 32R-7680191 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300 Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On August 4, 2004, at 10:41 central daylight time, the pilot of a Piper PA32R-300, N9134K, made an emergency landing at Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska, due to a failure of the aircraft electrical system. The aircraft landed without incident. Subsequent inspection by maintenance personnel at elliott aviation, a certified repair station, disclosed that the alternator output wire was broken at the attachment terminal.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUGUST 4, 2004, AT 10:41 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, THE PILOT OF A PIPER PA32R-300, N9134K, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT EPPLEY AIRFIELD IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA, DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT ELLIOTT AVIATION, A CERTIFIED REPAIR STATION, DISCLOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR OUTPUT WIRE WAS BROKEN AT THE ATTACHMENT TERMINAL.