# Incident 19830612040429I: Piper PA30, Albany, NY, June 12, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1983, 11:30 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N74BN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N74BN) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,425 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830612040429I

## Narrative

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

COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. FAILED TO PUMP LANDING GEAR FULL DOWN. THE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING.

## Other reports on N74BN (1)

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

- [Incident 19890412029049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890412029049I), Apr 12, 1989: Piper PA30 (N74BN), Albany, NY, Minor damage. Struck a parked aircraft with his wing tip while taxiing around a hole in the ramp pavement.

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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