# Incident 20011206031619I: Piper PA32R300, Bettles, AK, December 6, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2001, 10:52 local time
- Place: Bettles, AK
- Airport: Bettles
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BTHA
- Location: 66.9139° N, 151.5291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BETTLES (BTT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.9139&lon=-151.5291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4352F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4352F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (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/20011206031619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) INCIDENT #A1012002006 PTRS 2002B0644. PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN ON APPROACH TO BETTELS AIRPORT. GEAR STARTED DOWN THEN ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WAS LOST. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND L/H GEAR FAILED. AIRCRAFT SLID AROUND AND OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE L/H FLAP WAS DAMAGED ABOUT 6 INCHES ON INBOARD SIDE. PITOT TUBE WAS BENT. INVESTIGATION BY COMPANY MECHANIC AND CONFIRMED BY ME WAS THE POSITIVE BATTERY POST WAS CORRODED. AFTER BATTERY POST WAS CLEANED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WORKED OK.

## Other reports on N4352F (4)

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

- [Accident 20161120022569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161120022569A), Nov 20, 2016: Piper PA-32R-300 (N4352F), Mcgrath, AK, Minor damage. During a on-demand flight from MCG-HRC-panv-SHX-5N1-MCG, the airman was unable to lower the nose landing gear 4 miles out from 5N1 airport. Both main gear…
- [Accident 20010921025089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010921025089A), Sep 21, 2001: Piper PA32R300 (N4352F), Tanana, AK, No damage. (-23) Approximately 26 miles east of Tanana, pilot noted loss of electrical power, which resulted in complete electrical power loss. Pilot elected to make…
- [Incident 19990909025999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990909025999I), Sep 9, 1999: Piper PA32R300 (N4352F), Kotzebue, AK, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft was on the return leg of a part 135 flight when the engine had a catastrophic failure. It was discovered that the #2 cylinder had failed…
- [Incident 19940422028769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940422028769I), Apr 22, 1994: Piper PA32R300 (N4352F), Pontiac, MI, Substantial damage. On climb to cruise while leaning engines over shot clearance altitude by 700 feet. Traffic conflict created.

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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