# Incident 19790302010639I: Piper PA30, Des Moines, IA, March 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1979, 18:00 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 41.6005° N, 93.6091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Moines, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6005&lon=-93.6091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8677Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8677Y-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,400 total, 200 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/19790302010639I

## Narrative

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

LOST ELECTRICAL POWER AFTER TAKEOFF. GEAR EXTENDED MANUALLY. BATTERY DEFECTIVE.

## Other reports on N8677Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19971112042119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971112042119I), Nov 12, 1997: Piper PA30 (N8677Y), Minneapolis, MN, Minor damage. Narrative: landing gear would not extend past 2/3 down position. Pilot attempted several efforts to extend gear in normal operation. Pilot attempted to extend…

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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