# Incident 19830728051439I: Piper PA32*, Rocky Mount, NC, July 28, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1983, 09:15 local time
- Place: Rocky Mount, NC
- Airport: Rocky Mount-Wilso
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9382° N, 77.7905° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rocky Mount, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9382&lon=-77.7905&mi=10
- Aircraft: N979LA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N979LA-1991-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 350 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830728051439I

## Narrative

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

LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. CRANKED GEAR DOWN. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON THE LANDING ROLL. CAUSE NOT GIVEN.

## Other reports on N979LA (1)

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

- [Accident 19880814032479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880814032479A), Aug 14, 1988: Piper PA32RT300 (N979LA), Wellsboro, PA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Tried second time to depart short strip,hot day,no flaps and over gross. Unable leave ground effect aborted crashed

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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