# Incident 20010104000879I: Piper PA46310P, Lake Hughes, CA, January 4, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2001, 15:28 local time
- Place: Lake Hughes, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6827° N, 118.4520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Hughes, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6827&lon=-118.4520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444DT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N444DT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- Pilot flight hours: 1,285 total, 235 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010104000879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N444DT, A PA-47, WAS ENROUTE FROM SMF TO MYF VIA LHS, SL1 AT 17,000 FEET. AT APPROX. 2328 UTC WHEN N444DT WAS APPROX. 10 MILES SOUTH OF LHS, THE PILOT INFORMED THE CONTROLLER THAT HE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND REQUESTED DESCENT. N444DT WAS INITIALLY CLEARED TO 14,000, THEN AMENDED TO DESCEND TO 15,000 DUE TO TRAFFIC, N70JF, A LR25 DEPARTING BUR OVER PMD CLIMBING TO 14,000. THIS TRAFFIC WAS ISSUED TO N444DT AS ONE O'CLOCK AND APPROX. FIFTEEN MILES. N444DT REPORTED THE A/C NOT IN SIGHT, THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE CONTROLLER, OBSERVING THAT THE TRACK OF THE LEARJET WAS DIVERGING FROM N444DT, CLEARED N444DT TO DESCEND TO 9,000. AT THIS TIME N444DT REPORTED THE LEARJET IN SIGHT, AND APPROX. THIRTY SECONDS LATER THE TWO A/C PASSED 2.25 MILES APART LEFT SIDE TO LEFT SIDE A N44DT PASSED THROUGH 14,000 DESCENDING. N444DT WAS HANDED OFF TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRACON, PASADENA SECTOR, AND LANDED AT BUR WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PILOT OF N444DT WAS CONTACTED BY THIS OFFICE. HE, IN FACT, DID CONFIRM THAT HE AHD AN EMERGENCY. HE HEARD A "POP-ING" SOUND FOLLOWED BY THE SMELL OF HOT WIRES. HE REDUCED HIS ELECTRICAL LOAD AND LANDED AT BURBANK AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT, HANDLILING HIS EMERGENCY IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER. NO FURTHER ACTION TO BE TAKEN. AIRMAN^PRIVAC^IS TO BE COMMENDED.

## Other reports on N444DT (2)

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

- [Accident 20211201020169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211201020169A), Dec 1, 2021: Piper PA-46-310P (N444DT), Cassville, MO, Substantial damage. The investigation revealed that N444DT, a PA-46 had veered off the left side of runway 09 after landing. There were visible tire marks on the runway from the…
- [Incident 20030714016709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030714016709I), Jul 14, 2003: Piper PA46310P (N444DT), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On July 14, 2003, Mr. James robel departed brackett airport in Piper PA-46, N444DT, enroute to Torrance airport (toa). He lowered the landing gear handle…

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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