- Date
- November 7, 1983, 11:42 local (16:42 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1750HPiper PA-32R-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831107056689A
- Case key
- 6384
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While en route, the acft's ammeter went to a zero reading, and subsequently, a complete electrical failure occurred. Prior to landing, the plt attempted to lower the landing gear by letting it freefall, in accordance with recommended procedures. The gear warning horn & gear indicator lights were inoperative. During the landing, the right main gear collapsed & the acft was damaged. An exam revealed that the alternator drive belt had failed & the acft battery had become discharged. With an external power source conected, the landing gear & indicators functined properly when checked on the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1750H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32R-7780189
- Airframe hours
- 1,831
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- William M. Muller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 27, 1983 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Destination
- CAE · Columbia, SC
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CAE · Columbia Metro Airport, runway 11, 7,551 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 762 total · 17 in this make and model · 625 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.