# Incident 19961202041569I: Piper PA24260, Colusa, CA, December 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 1996, 10:18 local time
- Place: Colusa, CA
- Airport: Colusa County Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1790° N, 121.9930° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Colusa County Airport (O08), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1790&lon=-121.9930&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9395P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9395P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24260
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 350 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/19961202041569I

## Narrative

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

LOST ELECTRIC POWER DURING RADAR VECTORS. LANDED AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N9395P (1)

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

- [Incident 19830914052119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830914052119I), Sep 14, 1983: Piper PA24260 (N9395P), Little River, CA, Minor damage. Landing gear retracted on the landing roll. Pilot counseled about retracting flaps on the landing roll out.

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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