# Incident 19960706032849I: Piper PA32R301, Hohenwald, TN, July 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Hohenwald, TN
- Airport: John A Baker Fld Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5515° N, 87.5539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hohenwald, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5515&lon=-87.5539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8359X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8359X) (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
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 108 total, 40 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960706032849I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 6TH, 1996, DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT WHILE IN APPROACH TO LANDING AT OM3 JOHN A. BAKER FIELD ARPT. I NOTICED AFTER PUTTING THE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION THAT NONE OF THE GEAR DOWN/LOCKED LIGHTS CAME ON. AT THIS TIME IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE AMP METER SHOWED THE ALTERNATOR WASN'T WORKING. AFTER RETURNING TO ALTITUDE AND FOLLOWING THROUGH EMERGENCY GEAR DOWN POSITION PROCEDURES A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE MAIN GEAR HELD BUT THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION AND FOLDED ON ROLL OUT RESULTING IN A NOSED IN LANDING. EVALUATION REVEALED A FAILED BEARING IN THE IDLER PULLEY CAUSING LOSS OF TENSION ON THE ALTERNATOR BELT RESULTING IN LOSS OF AMPERAGE.

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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