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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Westfield, MA · April 23, 1982

Date: April 23, 1982 · 19:45 local
Place: Westfield, MA
Airport: Barnes
Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4563X
Reported as: Piper PA32R300
Reported engine: Lycoming IO540K1A5
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 226 total60 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

N4563XRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-300S/N 32R-7680029 · Built 1975 Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

Electric failure. Executed goaround when prop and step hit runway. Electrical power restored. Landed gear down.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRIC FAILURE. EXECUTED GOAROUND WHEN PROP AND STEP HIT RUNWAY. ELECTRICAL POWER RESTORED. LANDED GEAR DOWN.