# Incident 20040605013799I: Piper PA32RT300, Plainfield, IL, June 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2004, 15:30 local time
- Place: Plainfield, IL
- Airport: Clow Internation Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6294° N, 88.2456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6294&lon=-88.2456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6486C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6486C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,001 total, 600 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040605013799I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LOST ALTERNATOR BELT ENROUTE. PILOT TURNED ALL ELECTRICAL SWITCHES INCLUDING MASTER SWITCH. HE LOWERED GEAR HANDLE, BUT FORGOT TO TURN ON MASTER SWITCH. HE THEN REALIZED THAT GEAR WAS NOT LOWERED. HE EXECUTED A GO-AROUND, BUT STRUCK PROPELLER IN PROCESS. HE RETURNED FOR LANDING, TURNED MASTER SWITCH ON AND GEAR LOWERED NORMALLY. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER ONLY. ENGINE MUST BE TORN DOWN AND EXAMINED.

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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