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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Pontiac, MI · June 26, 1981

Date: June 26, 1981 · 18:00 local
Place: Pontiac, MI
Airport: Oakland Pontiac
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3227Q
Reported as: Piper PA32R300
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 320 total30 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N3227QRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-300S/N 32R-7780299 Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Aircraft had total electrical failure. Unable extend landing gear. Landed gear up. Found faulty actuator pn 67748-02.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HAD TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE.UNABLE EXTEND LANDING GEAR.LANDED GEAR UP.FOUND FAULTY ACTUATOR PN 67748-02.