# Incident 20050428010979I: Piper PA28R200, Livermore, CA, April 28, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2005, 13:55 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Livermore Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6934° N, 121.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIVERMORE MUNI (LVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6934&lon=-121.8204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N169JP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N169JP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,855 total, 2 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050428010979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LEVEL FLIGHT, 7000 MSL, AMP METER WAS READING 0, RECYCLED ALTERNATOR AND AMP METER RETURNED TO NORMAL INDICATION. FEW MINUTES LATER MEDIUM SIZE PLUME OF SMOKE COMING FROM INSTRUMENT PANEL. PILOT TURNED OFF ALL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH, SMOKE DISSIPATED AND PILOT RETURNED TO LVK WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THAT THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND ALTERNATOR HAVE FAILED. THE SMOKE WAS FROM THE ALTERNATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER, BEFORE IT WAS TRIPPED BY THE OVERLOAD.

## Other reports on N169JP (1)

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

- [Accident 20040425009769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040425009769A), Apr 25, 2004: Piper PA28R200 (N169JP), Franklin, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot was practicing short field landings at the Franklin airport in preparation for a flight check. During the approach, the airspeed was slow which in…

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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