# Accident 19890516011629A: Piper PA32R300, Gainesville, FL, May 16, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1989, 08:54 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Gainesville Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6900° N, 82.2718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAINESVILLE RGNL (GNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6900&lon=-82.2718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43797 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,307 total, 704 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA89LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890516011629A

## Narrative

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

LOST ELECTRICAL POWER. STALLED AND FELL TO RUNWAY. COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR. BRUSHES ON ALTERNATOR WORN OUT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA89LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA148), May 16, 1989: Piper PA-32R-300 (N43797), Gainesville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: PILOT'S INABILITY TO PROPERLY FLARE DUE TO A HIGH SINK RATE AS A RESULT OF INSUFFICIENT AIRSPEED WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING SHORT OF AND OFF OF THE RUNWAY.

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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