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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24 · Tonopah, NV · March 15, 1978

Date: March 15, 1978 · 16:20 local
Place: Tonopah, NV
Airport: Private
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5815P
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,215 total5 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N5815PRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Piper PA-24S/N 24-896 · Built 1959 Airframe modelPiper PA-24 Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Electrical failure due to not turning on generator. Landed at wrong airport & forgot emergency gear extension.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRICAL FAILURE DUE TO NOT TURNING ON GENERATOR. LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT & FORGOT EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION.