# Incident 20000723028899I: Piper PA32R300, Port Angeles, WA, July 23, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: Port Angeles, WA
- Airport: William R Fairchild International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1202° N, 123.4997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM R FAIRCHILD INTL (CLM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1202&lon=-123.4997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N589Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N589Q-2004-06-08) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000723028899I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ELECTRICAL FAILURE FORCED RETURN TO PORT ANGELES. A/C LANDED WITH RIGHT GEAR AND NOSE PARTIALLY DOWN. ON LANDING, PILOT NOTICED THE NOSE GOING DOWN FURTHER THAN NORMAL, THEN HEARD THE PROP STRIKE THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATES HE QUICKLY PULLED THE A/C'S NOSE UP WHICH ALLOWED THE NOSE GEAR TO LOCK DOWN. AS THE AIRSPEED DESCREASED, THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND AND WAS DRAGGED AS A RESULT OF THE PARTIALLY EXTENDED RIGHT MAIN GEAR.

## Other reports on N589Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20040101001299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040101001299A), Jan 1, 2004: Piper PA32R300 (N589Q), Riverside, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On 1 jan, 2004, at approximately 0920 hours, a Piper PA-32R-300, N589Q, lost engine power and force landed in a sod field in Riverside California near…
- [Incident 19810512054419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810512054419I), May 12, 1981: Piper PA32R300 (N589Q), Hillsville, VA, Minor damage. Generator failed, no electrical power, aux gear system not fully extended. No gear lights to check.

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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