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FAA incident report · Piper PA 46-350P · Carlsbad, CA · March 31, 2000

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Date
March 31, 2000 · 18:11 local
Place
Carlsbad, CA
Airport
Mcclellan-Palomar
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N46KJ
Reported as
Piper PA46350P
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540AE2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total1,000 in this make and model64 in the last 90 days
N46KJRegistered now · Piper PA 46-350PS/N 4636037 · Built 1996Airframe modelPiper PA 46-350PEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

(-23)Aircraft departed crq and was at 20,000 feet over los angeles when an electrical generating system failure occurred. The pilot elected to return to crq and lost all electrical power before reaching 14,000 feet. Approach for landing was made without radio communications and the landing gear was lowered using the emergency landing extension systam. The nose landing gear collapsed on landing and the aircraft sustained only minor damage. Theer were no injuries. Maintenance personnel reported that no electrical system defects could be found and that the electrical system seemed to operate normally after the incident. The mechanic also reported that he could find no problem with the landing gear system. The pilot stated that he tried to reset the alternator by cycling the alternator switch and that he was below the maximum airspeed recommended for emegency gear extension when the gear was extended.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CRQ AND WAS AT 20,000 FEET OVER LOS ANGELES WHEN AN ELECTRICAL GENERATING SYSTEM FAILURE OCCURRED. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO CRQ AND LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER BEFORE REACHING 14,000 FEET. APPROACH FOR LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED USING THE EMERGENCY LANDING EXTENSION SYSTAM. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. THEER WERE NO INJURIES. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT NO ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DEFECTS COULD BE FOUND AND THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SEEMED TO OPERATE NORMALLY AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE MECHANIC ALSO REPORTED THAT HE COULD FIND NO PROBLEM WITH THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TRIED TO RESET THE ALTERNATOR BY CYCLING THE ALTERNATOR SWITCH AND THAT HE WAS BELOW THE MAXIMUM AIRSPEED RECOMMENDED FOR EMEGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED.