# Incident 19780205005979I: Piper PA32R300, Bloomington, IL, February 5, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1978, 21:45 local time
- Place: Bloomington, IL
- Airport: Normal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4758° N, 88.9699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4758&lon=-88.9699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4561Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4561Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D (registry code 41598, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1g5d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 71 total, 30 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/19780205005979I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST ELECTRICAL POWER, GEAR COLLAPSED. HAD ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR MANUALLY. VOLTAGE REGULATOR WAS BAD.

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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