# Incident 20060117011179I: Piper PA23250, State College, PA, January 17, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2006, 16:10 local time
- Place: State College, PA
- Airport: University Park
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: NAHA
- Location: 40.7910° N, 77.8568° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of State College, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7910&lon=-77.8568&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1438B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1438B-2017-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060117011179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 17, 2006, N1438B, A PIPER PA-23-250 PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA O^ DEPARTED UNIVERSITY PARK AIRPORT ON A PART 135 FLIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE, THE AIRCRAFT LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. WEATHER AT UNIVERSITY PARK WAS MARGINAL VFR AND DESTINATION WEATHER WAS VFR. PILOT CONTINUED ON "FLIGHT PLANNED ROUTE" AND LANDED AT DESTINATION (BUFFALO) WITHOUT INCIDENT. AIRCRAFT ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED AT DESTINATION. NO VIOLATION OF FAR WAS FOUND. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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