20030114001989I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-30 · Altoona, PA · January 14, 2003

Date
January 14, 2003 · 14:35 local
Place
Altoona, PA
Airport
Altoona-Blair County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8619Y
Reported as
Piper PA30
Reported engine
Lycoming IO320B1A
Pilot’s flight hours
2,553 total380 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot stated that he lost all electrical power and could not get it back. He could not extend the landing gear manually and had to make a wheels up landing. Pilot and passenger were not injured and aircraft sustained minor damage. Submission of this report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER AND COULD NOT GET IT BACK. HE COULD NOT EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY AND HAD TO MAKE A WHEELS UP LANDING. PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.