- Date
- April 17, 1988, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Myers, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2032MPiper PA-32-300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880417052719A
- Case key
- 32198
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Analysis
While en route, on a personal cross country flt, the alternator belt broke resulting in the loss of electrical power which the plt did not recognize before the battery had been drained. During the precautionary landing the acft landed hard resulting in substantial damage. He further stated that he became over-anxious to land the acft & should have realized that the alternator was not working & the battery had been drained.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2032M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32 7840077
- Airframe hours
- 1,286
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-K1G5, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mcmullan, Thomas A
- Registered owner
- Mc Mullan, Thomas A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 29, 1987 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- PIE · St Petersburg, FL
- Destination
- FXE · Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport
- X56 · Lehigh Acres West, runway 22, 3,000 × 200 ft, concrete
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,250 total · 1,220 in this make and model · 4,200 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RSW, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2032M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.