# Incident 19900307023959I: Piper PA32R300, Columbus, IN, March 7, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1990, 18:30 local time
- Place: Columbus, IN
- Airport: Columbus Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2619° N, 85.8963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBUS MUNI (BAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2619&lon=-85.8963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4445X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4445X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 500 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900307023959I

## Narrative

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

TOTAL ELECTRIC FAILURE. EXTENDED GEAR USING FREE-FALL. GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. ATTACH POINT ON ALTERNATOR FAILED

## Other reports on N4445X (2)

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

- [Accident 19940418008279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940418008279A), Apr 18, 1994: Piper PA32R300 (N4445X), Bedford, PA, Substantial damage. Landed hard five feet short of runway bounced came down off runway. Left main gear found 200 ft from wreckage.
- [Incident 19860415021339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860415021339I), Apr 15, 1986: Piper PA32R300 (N4445X), Charleston, WV. Rough running engine at cruise. Safe landing with broken intake valve in number 6 cylinder.

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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