# Incident 20120617012419I: Piper PA-28-161, Key Largo, FL, June 17, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2012, 18:30 local time
- Place: Key Largo, FL
- Airport: Key Largo
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: BEJS
- Location: 25.1226° N, 80.4116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Key Largo, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.1226&lon=-80.4116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9855S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9855S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-161
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student, unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120617012419I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ - PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N9855S ON JUNE 17, 2012. AIRCRAFT N9855S INCIDENT #ISO192012053 INVESTIGATION.IN REGARDS TO THE JUNE 17, 2012 FLIGHT IN AIRCRAFT N9855S, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOLD ME HE WAS "PERFORMING A 141 FUNCTION OF ACCUMULATING REQUIRED FLIGHT TIME TOWARDS HIS ATTAINMENT OF A PILOTS CERTIFICATE." ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THE AIRCRAFT HAD AN ALTERNATOR REPLACEMENT AS A RESULT OF HIS EMERGENCY LANDING DECLARATION ON JUNE 17, 2012 IN KEY LARGO. THE DIRECTOR OF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TO THE 141 FLEET, MICHAEL DUNCAN, VERIFIED NO MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED OTHER THAN TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE AIRCRAFT. ON JULY 12, 2012 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PROVIDED ME WITH A STATEMENT OF EVENTS THAT TRANSPIRED ON JUNE 17, 2012 WITH AIRCRAFT N9855S THAT I HAVE INCORPORATED IN MY INVESTIGATION PACKAGE SUBMITTED. CONTACTED 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL PMI  AND INFORMED HIM THAT 3 PEOPLE CONFIRMED AIRCRAFT IS BEING UTILIZED AS 141 AIRCRAFT, BUT IT IS NOT LISTED IN SPAS AS BELONGING IN THE SCHOOL PROGRAM. IT APPEARS FLIGHT AND MX PERSONNEL ARE NOT COMMUNICATING AS THERE IS CONFUSION ON AIRCRAFT N9855S ALTERNATOR REPLACEMENT STATUS. MICHAEL DUNCAN - DIRECTOR OF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE (DOM) AVIATOR COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA.DISPATCHER STATED "AIRCRAFT N9855S IS AN AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO THE 141 SCHOOL," THEN CONNECTED ME TO MX DEPARTMENT.MR. DUNCAN PROVIDED ME WITH A COPY OF A LOG BOOK ENTRY THAT ADDRESSES REPORTED ALTERNATOR FAILURE ALONG WITH A "GENERIC" PILOT WRITTEN STATEMENT OF EVENTS THAT OCCURRED ON JUNE 17, 2012 IN RELATION TO ELECTRICAL POWER LOSS. MR. DUNCAN STATED TO ME THAT AFTER TROUBLESHOOTING THE REPORTED ISSUES UPON THE AIRCRAFT'S RETURN, HE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEMS INCURRED BY THE PILOT AND RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.  MR. DUNCAN MADE STATEMENT "PILOT WAS NEW" AND "AIRCRAFT N9855S IS A 141 SCHOOL AIRCRAFT."

## Other reports on N9855S (3)

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

- [Accident 20230817008199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230817008199A), Aug 17, 2023: Piper PA-28-161 (N9855S), Fort Pierce, FL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. While conducting a part 141 checkout training flight in a training area 10 miles southwest of the airport, the aircraft broke apart losing both its wings and…
- [Incident 20170318003179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170318003179I), Mar 18, 2017: Piper PA-28-161 (N9855S), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. Birdstrike on departure from fpr & returned to fpr and landed without incident.
- [Accident 20020904027799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020904027799A), Sep 4, 2002: Piper PA28161 (N9855S), Graham, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 4, 2002, at 1400 a Piper PA-28-161, N9855S, registered to U.S. Flight academy, LLC., 2020 skylane, denton, Texas, skidded off the left side…

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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