# Incident 20000707034699I: Piper PA32R301T, Bogalusa, LA, July 7, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: Bogalusa, LA
- Airport: George R Carr Mem Air Fld Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8137° N, 89.8650° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GEORGE R CARR MEML AIR FLD (BXA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8137&lon=-89.8650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8108V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8108V-2008-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 419 total, 100 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000707034699I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT WAS DECENDING TO LAND WHEN THE ALTERNATOR BELT BROKE, WHICH IN TRUN THE AIRCRAFT LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER, PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES BY RELEASING THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR HANDLE, PILOT GOT TWO (2) GREENS ON MAIN GEAR AND ON THE NOSE GEAR. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, BENDING THE PROP .  NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N8108V (2)

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

- [Incident 19950727047329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950727047329I), Jul 27, 1995: Piper PA32R301T (N8108V), Plaquemine, LA, Minor damage. Narrative: an in-flight fire spread through the baggage compartment area. The aircraft landed without incident. M&d report was filed by the repair station. The…
- [Accident 19810904055559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810904055559A), Sep 4, 1981: Piper PA32R301T (N8108V), Lake Charles, LA, Substantial damage. Pilot aborted takeoff when front baggage door came open. Aircraft went off end of runway into ditch.

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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