# Incident 19960616024329I: Piper PA32R301, Beaufort, NC, June 16, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1996, 14:45 local time
- Place: Beaufort, NC
- Airport: Beaufort Morehead City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7234° N, 76.6492° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaufort, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7234&lon=-76.6492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8429X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8429X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1G5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 50 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960616024329I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 16, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 EST, A PIPER PA32R-301, N8429X, REGISTERED TO B.G.P., INC., 11 MEDICAL PARK, MOREHEAD CITY, NC 28557, LANDED AT THE MOREHEAD CITY/BEAUFORT AIRPORT (MRH). UPON LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. MR. BALL, THE PILOT AND CO-OWNER, STATED THAT HE HAD AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR ELECTRICALLY BUT IT WOULD NOT LOWER. HE THEN USED THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM. PILOT DID NOT KNOW IF GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED DUE TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. PILOT MADE NORMAL LANDING AND ROLLED ABOUT 50 FEET WHEN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS TO PROP WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO COWLING. MECHANIC AT AIR EAST, INC., FOUND THE ALTERNATOR TOTALLY FAILED. IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT THE JACK AIRCRAFT FUNCTION WAS A LITTLE SLOW WHEN USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM DUE TO A LACK OF LUBRICANT. NO FURTHER ACTION IS PLANNED.

## Other reports on N8429X (2)

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

- [Accident 20220604009529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220604009529A), Jun 4, 2022: Piper PA-32R-301 (N8429X), Martinsville, VA, Substantial damage. Pilot go distracted by other airplane giving position reports that were not correct and his attention was on where that airplane was when he rolled onto final…
- [Incident 19940317008769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940317008769I), Mar 17, 1994: Piper PA32R301 (N8429X), Richmond, VA, Minor damage. Narrative: on March 17, 1994, the aircraft departed gai enroute to mrh. A high charge rate was noted on the amp meter but dismissed as normal due to a weak…

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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