# Incident 19990423020079I: Piper PA32R300, Lynchburg, VA, April 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1999, 14:23 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Airport: Lynchburg Municipal-Preston Glenn
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3254° N, 79.2012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LYNCHBURG RGNL/PRESTON GLENN FLD (LYH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3254&lon=-79.2012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7698C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7698C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 380 total, 25 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/19990423020079I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19801015057399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801015057399A), Oct 15, 1980: Piper PA32R300 (N7698C), Ozark, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted precautionary landing because thunderstorms were in vicinity. Lost control during landing. Crashed.

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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