# Incident 20100323029819I: Piper PA-32R-301T, Macon, GA, March 23, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2010, 23:08 local time
- Place: Macon, GA
- Airport: Middle Georgia Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6928° N, 83.6492° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIDDLE GEORGIA RGNL (MCN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6928&lon=-83.6492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8159Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8159Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 745 total, 240 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100323029819I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ENROUTE APPROX. 60-80 MILES SOUTH/SOUTHEAST OF MCN, LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. DECIDED TO  DIVERT TO MCN FOR EMERGENCY LANDING. PILOT ALSO STATED DID NOT EXECUTE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. AS A RESULT, AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP. MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES.  INSPECTION STATEMENT FROM MECHANIC INDICATES ALTERNATOR BELT FAILED AND CAUSED ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE.

## Other reports on N8159Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19931205050149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931205050149I), Dec 5, 1993: Piper PA32R301T (N8159Y), Decatur, AL, Minor damage. Right gear collapsed on rollout. Found electrical gear pump did not work.

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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