# Incident 20001104038219I: Piper PA32RT300, Roanoke, VA, November 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2000, 01:17 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3069A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 920 total, 210 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001104038219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM LOUISVILLE, Y, TO ROANOKE, VA. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LOST ELECTRICAL DUE TO ALTERNATOR FAILURE. AIRCRAFT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING AT ROANOKE. DURING LANDING, NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO LOWER COWL AND PROPELLER. AIRCRAFT WILL BE REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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