# Incident 20150222019919I: Piper PA-30, Cottonwood, AZ, February 22, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2015, 08:59 local time
- Place: Cottonwood, AZ
- Airport: Cottonwood
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7301° N, 112.0351° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COTTONWOOD (P52), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7301&lon=-112.0351&mi=10
- Aircraft: N57DJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57DJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 21,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150222019919I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON CROSS COUNTRY FROM FALCON FIELD (MESA, AZ.) TO ST. GEORGE, UTAH WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT ALBUQUERQUE CENTER FOR AN IFR CLEARANCE. THE RADIOS BEGAN WORKING INTERMITTENTLY AND THE PILOT STATED HE WAS HAVING AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. AFTER CANCELLING THE IFR REQUEST THE PILOT OPTED TO LAND AT COTTONWOOD TO INVESTIGATE THE ELECTRICAL ISSUE.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SUCCESSFULLY AT COTTONWOOD WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

THRU EVALUATION OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO ISOLATE THE PROBLEM DOWN TO AN INTERMITTENT AVIONICS MASTER SWITCH. MAINTENANCE REPLACED THE OLD AVIONICS MASTER SWITCH WITH A NEW SWITCH. THE AIRCRAFT HAS FLOWN SINCE THIS MAINTENANCE AND HAS EXPERIENCED NO FURTHER ELECTRICAL OR AVIONIC ISSUES.

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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