PANACA, NV, USA
N14168
PIPER PA-23-250
THE PLT ENCOUNTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AT 1900. THE LEFT FUEL GAUGE WAS INOP & HE HAD NO COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT. THERE WAS ONLY ONE NAV RECEIVER OPERATIVE, NO INSTRUMENT LIGHTS OR SLAVED DG AVAILABLE. AS IT BECAME DARKER HE WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. HE NOTICED THE 10 AMP C/B HAD POPPED. DURING THE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT LINCOLN COUNTY ARPT HE WAS UNABLE TO ACTIVATE THE RWY LIGHTS BECAUSE HE HAD NO RADIO TRANSMITTER. SINCE HE HAD NO ELECTRICAL POWER HE WAS UNABLE TO USE THE LANDING LIGHT. HE MADE THE FIRST APPROACH ATTEMPT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. HE THEN MADE THE LAST APPROACH ATTEMPT FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH. THE ACFT STRUCK ROLLING TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 1 MI SOUTH OF THE RWY. A LAB EVALUATION OF BOTH VOLTAGE REGULATORS SHOWED THEM TO OPERATE WITHIN THE MANUFACTURER'S RATED PERFORMANCE.
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