# Incident 19951201044849I: Piper PA24250, Olathe, KS, December 1, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1995, 18:00 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: Johnson County Industrial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8814° N, 94.8191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Olathe, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8814&lon=-94.8191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7765P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7765P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 9 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951201044849I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 1, 1995, MR. JEFFREY PAUL SMITH OPERATED PIPER AIRCRAFT PA-24-250, N7765P, AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF A VFR FLIGHT FROM LARNED, KANSAS (LQR) TO NEW CENTURY AIRPORT, KANSAS (IXD). APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT MR. SMITH REPORTED HEARING A LOUD POP IN THE HEADSET AND THE RADIO EQUIPMENT IN THE AIRCRAFT BECAME INOPERATIVE. IN ADDITION, MR. SMITH REPORTED TO THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS ON THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE INOPERATIVE, HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENT AND CABIN FLOOD LIGHTS WERE OPERATIVE. PRIOR TO LANDING AT NEW CENTURY AIRPORT KANSAS (IXD), THE PILOT REPORTED "HEARING AND FEELING" THE LANDING GEAR EXTEND AND GO INTO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. ON ROLL OUT AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY AND THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY THE INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR, FOUND THE GENERATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER OPEN RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVING POWER FROM THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY ONLY. RECEIVING ELECTRICAL POWER FROM THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY ONLY WILL NOT GUARANTEE THE LANDING GEAR GOING INTO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION WHEN LOWERED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE R/H SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. CE96IGA0013. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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