# Incident 20000331035159I: Piper PA46350P, Carlsbad, CA, March 31, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2000, 18:11 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Mcclellan-Palomar
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1283° N, 117.2801° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MC CLELLAN-PALOMAR (CRQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1283&lon=-117.2801&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46KJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46KJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46350P
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540AE2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000331035159I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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