19990423020079I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Lynchburg, VA · April 23, 1999

Date
April 23, 1999 · 14:23 local
Place
Lynchburg, VA
Airport
Lynchburg Municipal-Preston Glenn
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7698C
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
380 total25 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acft electrical system malfunctioned causing a total loss of electrical power to acft. Pilot did not follow proper emergency precedures due to a lack of knowledge of acft systems especially the emergency landing gear extension. Privacy data omitted privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

ACFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING A TOTAL LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER TO ACFT. PILOT DID NOT FOLLOW PROPER EMERGENCY PRECEDURES DUE TO A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF ACFT SYSTEMS ESPECIALLY THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION. PRIVACY DATA OMITTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

Other reports on N7698C · 1

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