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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA28R180 · Dunkirk, NY · May 21, 1995

Date
May 21, 1995 · 15:50 local
Place
Dunkirk, NY
Airport
Chautauqua County/Dunkirk Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N31567
Reported as
Piper PA28R180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
670 total20 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: approaching Dunkirk, pilot lost all electrical power. Gear would not extend; unable to extend gear using any recommended method. Gear finally came down after approximately 2 hours of attempts. Landed without further incident. Maintenance found that the alternator failed. The landing gear operation was normal in all modes on ground check privacy data omitted this incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: APPROACHING DUNKIRK, PILOT LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND; UNABLE TO EXTEND GEAR USING ANY RECOMMENDED METHOD. GEAR FINALLY CAME DOWN AFTER APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS OF ATTEMPTS. LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. THE LANDING GEAR OPERATION WAS NORMAL IN ALL MODES ON GROUND CHECK ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

Other reports on N31567 · 2

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