# Incident 19810512054419I: Piper PA32R300, Hillsville, VA, May 12, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1981, 15:40 local time
- Place: Hillsville, VA
- Airport: Twin Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7660° N, 80.8236° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TWIN COUNTY (HLX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7660&lon=-80.8236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N589Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N589Q-2004-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 880 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/19810512054419I

## Narrative

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

GENERATOR FAILED, NO ELECTRICAL POWER, AUX GEAR SYSTEM NOT FULLY EXTENDED. NO GEAR LIGHTS TO CHECK.

## Other reports on N589Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20040101001299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040101001299A), Jan 1, 2004: Piper PA32R300 (N589Q), Riverside, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On 1 jan, 2004, at approximately 0920 hours, a Piper PA-32R-300, N589Q, lost engine power and force landed in a sod field in Riverside California near…
- [Incident 20000723028899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000723028899I), Jul 23, 2000: Piper PA32R300 (N589Q), Port Angeles, WA, Minor damage. (-23) Electrical failure forced return to Port Angeles. A/c landed with right gear and nose partially down. On landing, pilot noticed the nose going down…

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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