What happened
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(-23) Pilot received a weather briefing and filed IFR from hillsboro, OR (hio) to astoria, OR (ast). Upon leveling at 6000 feet in IMC conditions, the pilot thought his radios to be weakening. He glanced at the ammeter and it was showing a slight discharge. The autopilot failed and the pilot noted the attitude indicator flag and failing gyro. The radios could no longer transmit, a break in the clouds occurred in the vicinity of Scappoose, OR (spb) and the pilot made an emergency descent and found the Scappoose airport, manually lowered his gear and landed without further incident. The pilot relayed by phone to ATC that he had made a safe landing.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING AND FILED IFR FROM HILLSBORO, OR (HIO) TO ASTORIA, OR (AST). UPON LEVELING AT 6000 FEET IN IMC CONDITIONS, THE PILOT THOUGHT HIS RADIOS TO BE WEAKENING. HE GLANCED AT THE AMMETER AND IT WAS SHOWING A SLIGHT DISCHARGE. THE AUTOPILOT FAILED AND THE PILOT NOTED THE ATTITUDE INDICATOR FLAG AND FAILING GYRO. THE RADIOS COULD NO LONGER TRANSMIT, A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF SCAPPOOSE, OR (SPB) AND THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY DESCENT AND FOUND THE SCAPPOOSE AIRPORT, MANUALLY LOWERED HIS GEAR AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE PILOT RELAYED BY PHONE TO ATC THAT HE HAD MADE A SAFE LANDING.
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