# Incident 19830425030889I: Piper PA32R301T, Carlsbad, CA, April 25, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1983, 15:59 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Mcclellan-Palomar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1283° N, 117.2801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC CLELLAN-PALOMAR (CRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1283&lon=-117.2801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8473P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8473P-1998-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 186 total, 62 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830425030889I

## Narrative

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

TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE OCCURRED. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. FOUND ALTERNATOR BELT BROKEN.

## Other reports on N8473P (2)

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

- [Accident 19970725019649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970725019649A), Jul 25, 1997: Piper PA32R301T (N8473P), Gainesville, GA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Aircraft departed runway and made left turn, lost engine power and crashed into shed in industrial park. (.4)witnesses said they observed takeoffs & landings…
- [Incident 19821029068649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821029068649I), Oct 29, 1982: Piper PA32R301T (N8473P), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. Wing tip struck the spinner of a parked aircraft while taxiing to park.

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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