# Incident 19960515013699I: Piper PA28R200, Wall, SD, May 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1996, 11:55 local time
- Place: Wall, SD
- Airport: Wall Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9997° N, 102.2542° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WALL MUNI (6V4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9997&lon=-102.2542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55411, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55411-2014-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 400 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960515013699I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT 1110 CST, A PART 91 PILOT DEPARTED MILLER, SOUTH DAKOTA, ENROUTE TO RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA. THE PILOT LOST ELECTRICAL POWER ENROUTE. HE COULD NOT CONTACT THE TOWER IN RAPID CITY BECAUSE OF THIS AND ELECTED TO GO TO WALL, SOUTH DAKOTA. HE MADE 3 ATTEMPTS TO LAND AT WALL, ON THE 3RD ATTEMPT HE FELT THE TRAIL SKID STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND ABORTED THE LANDING. HE THEN DROPPED THE LANDING GEAR AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT AND LANDING AT RAPID CITY. THE PILOT WAS UNAWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE OUTER 2 INCHES OF THE PROP HAD STRUCK THE RUNWAY AT WALL, SOUTH DAKOTA. ALTERNATOR BELT WAS THROWN FROM PULLY, AIRCRAFT LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND WITH GEAR UP. M OR D REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT STATED THAT HIS BFR WAS NOT CURRENT.

## Other reports on N55411 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19750903028499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750903028499A), Sep 3, 1975: Piper PA28R200 (N55411), Denton, TX, Substantial damage. No aprt lighting due to grnd pwr failure known to plt bfor tkof. Tried to lnd by car head lts.

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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