OpenAirDocs.org

19951202045839I

Incident · Minor damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Little Rock, AR · December 2, 1995

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
December 2, 1995 · 14:49 local
Place
Little Rock, AR
Airport
Adams Field
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9585K
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
767 total460 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days
N9585KRegistered now · Piper PA-32R-300S/N 32R-7680230 · Built 1976Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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: history of flight: on 02-12-95, Mr. J. Martin lipke, a commercial instrument rated pilot, in Piper PA-32-300, s/n 32R-7680230, N9585K, experienced electrical problems while practicing ILS approaches in visual meteorological conditions at Adams Field, Little Rock, AR. Mr. Lipke had completed two ILS approaches on 22 left and was at the outer marker on the third approach when he noticed he had a power failure. The alternator had gone out. He circled to the north to land on rwy 18 and to do an emergency gear extension. After landing on 18 the left gear folded and the aircraft came to rest at taxiway lima. There was no fire and no injuries to persons on board. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The left wing tip, left aileron and flap on the under neath side had minor damage. The pitot tube on the left wing was damaged. The skin on the underneath side of the fuselage aft of the baggage door was damaged. Test and research: upon inspection of the aircraft it was determined that the alternator had an internal failure causing the loss of electrical power. A malfunction or defect report will be submitted by the maintenance facility on the failed alternator. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: HISTORY OF FLIGHT: ON 02-12-95, MR. J. MARTIN LIPKE, A COMMERCIAL INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT, IN PIPER PA-32-300, S/N 32R-7680230, N9585K, EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHILE PRACTICING ILS APPROACHES IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AT ADAMS FIELD, LITTLE ROCK, AR. MR. LIPKE HAD COMPLETED TWO ILS APPROACHES ON 22 LEFT AND WAS AT THE OUTER MARKER ON THE THIRD APPROACH WHEN HE NOTICED HE HAD A POWER FAILURE. THE ALTERNATOR HAD GONE OUT. HE CIRCLED TO THE NORTH TO LAND ON RWY 18 AND TO DO AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. AFTER LANDING ON 18 THE LEFT GEAR FOLDED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AT TAXIWAY LIMA. THERE WAS NO FIRE AND NO INJURIES TO PERSONS ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE LEFT WING TIP, LEFT AILERON AND FLAP ON THE UNDER NEATH SIDE HAD MINOR DAMAGE. THE PITOT TUBE ON THE LEFT WING WAS DAMAGED. THE SKIN ON THE UNDERNEATH SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AFT OF THE BAGGAGE DOOR WAS DAMAGED. TEST AND RESEARCH: UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD AN INTERNAL FAILURE CAUSING THE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED BY THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY ON THE FAILED ALTERNATOR. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.