# Incident 19970709021899I: Piper PA32RT300, Napa, CA, July 9, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1997, 14:00 local time
- Place: Napa, CA
- Airport: Napa County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2132° N, 122.2807° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPA COUNTY (APC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2132&lon=-122.2807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31419 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 754 total, 58 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970709021899I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE ALTERNATOR ON THE AIRCRAFT FAILED ENROUTE FROM SACRAMENTO, CA. TO NAPA, CA. AND WENT UN-NOTICED BY THE PILOT. AS A RESULT THE BATTERY WAS DEAD WHEN THE PILOT TRIED TO REACH THE NAPA ATCT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE. THE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.

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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