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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-301 · Norwich, NY · June 30, 2011

Date
June 30, 2011 · 12:50 local
Place
Norwich, NY
Airport
Eaton
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N82910
Reported as
Piper PA-32R-301
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total

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.

During cruise flight, the pilot experienced a complete electrical failure. Executed an emergency gear extension and landed at Eaton warren airport (oic). Upon landing, the nose landing gear retracted and the aircraft nose and prop skidded on the runway causing minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AND LANDED AT EATON WARREN AIRPORT (OIC). UPON LANDING, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSE AND PROP SKIDDED ON THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.