# Incident 19951202045839I: Piper PA32R300, Little Rock, AR, December 2, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1995, 14:49 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9585K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9585K) (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: 767 total, 460 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951202045839I

## Narrative

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

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.

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