# Incident 20070718019209I: Piper PA28181, Dover, DE, July 18, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2007, 13:00 local time
- Place: Dover, DE
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1606° N, 75.5217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dover, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1606&lon=-75.5217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N824VR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N824VR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070718019209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM CHESTER COUNTY AIRPORT (40N) TO SALISBURY, MD (SBY). PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING AT DOVER, AFB DUE TO TOTAL LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. PILOT AND USAF MECHANICS DETERMINED THAT THE ALTERNATOR BELT WAS LOOSE. PILOT CALLED BACK TO 40N AND WAS TOLD TO "BRING THE AIRPLANE BACK." USAF PERSONNEL CHARGED THE BATTERY AND THE PILOT STARTED THE ENGINE. HE DEPARTED DOV AND RETURNED TO 40N WITHOUT PERFORMING ANY MAINTENANCE AND WITH THE "ALT" LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE STATEMENT OF THE PILOT INDICATES THAT THE AIRPLANE LOST ELECTRICAL POWER AGAIN SHORTLY BEFORE ARRIVING AT 40N.

## Other reports on N824VR (1)

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

- [Incident 20010625018449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010625018449I), Jun 25, 2001: Piper PA28181 (N824VR), Westminister, MD, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot departed chester county, (pa) airport (40N) on first solo cross country. Upon landing at Westminister (W54) aircraft porpoised, damaging nose gear.…

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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