# Incident 19910319012359I: Piper PA32R301, Pontiac, MI, March 19, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1991, 12:30 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6492° N, 83.2874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pontiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6492&lon=-83.2874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83396, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83396-2000-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 80 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910319012359I

## Narrative

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

IN FLIGHT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. NOSE COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. ALTERNATOR BELT PULLEY HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N83396 (2)

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

- [Accident 19981114039919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981114039919A), Nov 14, 1998: Piper PA32R301 (N83396), Olive Branch, MS, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (.19)On November 14, 1998, about 2054, central standard time, a Piper PA-32R-301, N83396, registered to a private individual, collided with trees about 1.5…
- [Incident 19960531017759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960531017759I), May 31, 1996: Piper PA32R301 (N83396), Arlington, TN, Minor damage. Narrative: after t/o landing gear failed to retract. Light stayed on. Several attempts to lower gear failed (nose) main ok. But nose gear partially extended…

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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