# Incident 20200618007639I: Piper PA-32R-300, Valkaria, FL, June 18, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2020, 08:35 local time
- Place: Valkaria, FL
- Airport: Valkaria
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9609° N, 80.5583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VALKARIA (X59), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9609&lon=-80.5583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23MC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (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-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 542 total, 244 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200618007639I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ENROUTE TO BAHAMAS.  PILOT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO VALKARIA AIRPORT TO HAVE CHECKED OUT BY MAINTENANCE.  PILOT LOWERED GEAR ON FINAL BUT DID NOT GET GEAR DOWN INDICATIONS.  HE CONTINUED LANDING PROFILE BELIEVING HE HEARD THE GEAR EXTEND.  AIRPLANE SETTLED FURTHER AND LANDED BELLY UP ON RWY 14 PRIOR TO SKIDDING AND COMING TO REST. INVESTIGATION REVEALED LOOSE/BROKEN ALTERNATOR WIRE WHICH HAD CAUSED THE BATTERY TO DRAIN.  ELECTRICAL POWER WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND PILOT DID NOT ATTEMPT EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION.

PROTRACK # 916

PTRS # 202009745

PTRS RT # 202009776

## Other reports on N23MC (2)

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

- [Incident 19961028036789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961028036789I), Oct 28, 1996: Piper PA32R300 (N23MC), Plymouth, FL, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot reported; after touchdown, during rollout, he heard the gear horn and lost rudder steering. He then lost nose wheel steering. He tried to…
- [Incident 19921024054809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921024054809I), Oct 24, 1992: Piper PA32R300 (N23MC), West Palm Beach, FL, Minor damage. Pilot stated aircraft struck a bird on climb. Returned. Landed safely.

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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