PA-32 Cherokee Six/Lance/Saratoga/6X
Flight Crew Private; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 18; Flight Crew Total 1908; Flight Crew Type 1575
Other / Unknown; Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Maintenance Action
Human Factors; Aircraft
I was forced to make an emergency landing due to electrical failure caused by a broken alternator belt. There were no injuries but the airplane suffered a propeller strike because the front landing gear did not fully extend. In the process of gathering information for the FAA and my insurance company I discovered that the Annual should have been performed by March. It is very upsetting to me that now my standing with the FAA and my insurance company are in jeopardy in spite of handling the emergency successfully. I think that it would be a good idea for the facility that performs the Annual to put a sticker notice of some sort in the pilot's view after the completion of the Annual stating when the next Annual for that aircraft is due. I had noted the date of the previous annual in my logbook but that note was a few pages back and not readily noticeable to me.
PA32 pilot experiences an alternator failure due to a broken drive belt. The nose gear fails to extend fully during approach resulting in a propeller strike. A logbook check after the incident reveals that the annual inspection was one month overdue.