# Incident 20071209831759I: Piper PA32R301, Clewiston, FL, December 9, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2007, 18:45 local time
- Place: Clewiston, FL
- Airport: Airglades
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7352° N, 81.0511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AIRGLADES (2IS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7352&lon=-81.0511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5326R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5326R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,608 total, 991 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071209831759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 12/09/2007 ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM FORT LAUDERDALE TO OCALA, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REQUESTED AN ALTERNATE AIRPORT BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE AND ENGINE OIL PRESSURE BEING LOW. HE DIVERTED TO CLEWISTON AND WHILE ENROUTE THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXPERIENCING A PARTIAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHICH WOULD NOT SHOW THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT HEARD THE LANDING GEAR BEING LOWERED BUT PULLED THE KNOB FOR MANUAL EXTENSION AS A PRECAUTION. A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE AT CLEWISTON AND THE PILOT COMMUNICATED WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA WITH A HAND HELD RADIO THAT HE HAD LANDED SAFELY AND FOR THEM TO NOTIFY THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXPERIENCING A LOW VOLTAGE PROBLEM CAUSING ERRONEOUS INDICATIONS AND WAS NOT AN ENGINE PROBLEM. THE PILOT MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH A MAINTENANCE FACILITY TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT AND FULLY CHARGE THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY AND THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.

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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