# Incident 20000104002539I: Piper PA60602P, Jamestown, NY, January 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2000, 13:30 local time
- Place: Jamestown, NY
- Airport: Chautauqua County
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0976° N, 79.2361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamestown, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0976&lon=-79.2361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700DJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N700DJ-2003-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 602P (registry code 7106014, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-602p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60602P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000104002539I

## Narrative

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

ON 1/4/00 PIPER PA-602P, N700DJ, S/N 62P09238165047, PILOTED BY JAMES PAIGE, EXPERIENCED COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE DURING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO JAMESTOWN, NY (JHW). THE PILOT DIVERTED TO AND LANDED AT DUNKIRK, NY (DKK)THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DESCENDING THROUGH CLOUDS; THE AIRCRAFT WAS PICKED UP LIGHT ICE AT WHICH TIME THE PILOT TURNED ON THE WIND SHIELD HEAT PANEL.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO ALTERNATOR OR LOW BATTERY LOW WARNING LIGHTS ILLUINATED.  MAINTENANCE AT DUNKIRK COUNLD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.  THIS ISSUE IS CLOSED BUT WILL RE-OPEN IF MAINTENANCE FINDS ISSUES THAT WARRANT AN INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N700DJ (2)

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

- [Accident 20021003029969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021003029969A), Oct 3, 2002: Piper PA60602P (N700DJ), Bradford, PA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) At 21:25 local time, N700DJ made an uncontrolled flight into terrain, crashed, and was found 3.7 miles from the approach end of runway 32 at the Bradford…
- [Incident 19970410013249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970410013249I), Apr 10, 1997: Piper PA60602P (N700DJ), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: while taxiing to FBO the pilots right knee bumped the landing gear handle into the gear up position. Nose gear collapsed causing minor damage.

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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