ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353292
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| Date: | Sunday 23 May 1999 |
| Time: | 16:34 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-24-180 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6017P |
| MSN: | 24-1112 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4249 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hillsboro, OR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor reported noting a discharge indication on the aircraft's ammeter during flight. Despite being unable to restore a positive charge indication, the crew (a pilot undergoing a flight review and her flight instructor) elected to continue the flight. The aircraft lost electrical power on approach to the airport, and the aircraft's landing gear collapsed on landing. Although the crew reported they observed a gear-down indication prior to the loss of electrical power, a witness who observed the aircraft from a vantage point near the approach end of the runway reported that the aircraft's landing gear was not fully extended on final. The aircraft has electrically actuated retractable landing gear. A post-accident examination of the aircraft's electrical system disclosed a normally functioning alternator, an aircraft bus voltage of 11.35 volts when energized with the aircraft battery (nominally 12 volts), and a loose alternator drive belt.
Probable Cause: A loose alternator drive belt, and the flight crew's decision to continue flight with a known electrical system deficiency, resulting in disabling of the aircraft electrical system and landing with the gear not down-and-locked.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA99LA070
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 September 2007 | N6017P | Private | 0 | Taylor, Texas | |
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| Fuel exhaustion | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Mar-2024 12:27 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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