# Incident 19960814029449I: Piper PA30, Millington, TN, August 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1996, 23:40 local time
- Place: Millington, TN
- Airport: Memphis Nas Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3337° N, 89.8995° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Millington, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3337&lon=-89.8995&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8217Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8217Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,425 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960814029449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 15, 1996, I ARRIVED AT THE MILLINGTON AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1240 LOCAL TIME. UPON ENTERING THE MAINTENANCE HANGAR, I FOUND PIPER AIRCRAFT, TWIN COMANCHE, N8217Y, ON JACKS WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN MID-TRAVEL. DURING MY INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, I FOUND BOTH PROP TIPS CURLED, PITOT TUBE BENT, SHEET METAL DAMAGE ON THE UNDERCARRIAGE, NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR AND LEFT WING TIP TANK. BOTH PROP SPINNERS AND THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY WERE REMOVED. ALL DAMAGE WAS MINOR AND NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME WAS NOTED. DURING A COCKPIT INSPECTION WITH MR. ART DEATON, THE FBO OPERATOR, AND EVALUATING THE REASON WHY THE GEAR WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND USING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, WE FOUND THAT THE MECHANISM THAT DISENGAGES THE LANDING GEAR FROM THE MOTOR WAS NOT UNLOCKED COMPLETELY WHICH PREVENTED THE GEAR FROM FALLING AND LOCKING. THIS WAS DISCOVERED AS MR. DEATON AND I WERE GOING THROUGH THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR PROCEDURES. MR. DEATON WAS ADVISED BY THE OWNER TO REPAIR THE AIRCRAFT AND SEARCH FOR THE CAUSE OF THE TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE. DURING MY INTERVIEW WITH MR. DEATON, HE EXPLAINED THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCE OF EVENTS TO ME: "MR. DANCIGER HAD A NORMAL RUNUP AND TAXIED. HE MADE A NORMAL TAKEOFF AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER LIFTOFF, HE NOTICED THE NAV LIGHTS GO DIM AS THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED OUT. THERE WAS NO RADIO COMMUNICATION WITH MR. DANCIGER AS HE CIRCLED THE AIRPORT. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES, HE HEARD MR. DANCIGER LAND WITH THE SCREECHING OF RUBBER AND THEN HE HEARD METAL AND SAW SPARKS EMITTING FROM THE AIRCRAFT AS IT PROCEEDED DOWN THE RUNWAY".

## Other reports on N8217Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19910913049759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910913049759I), Sep 13, 1991: Piper PA30 (N8217Y), Memphis, TN, Minor damage. Aircraft taxied off runway and struck a runway light.

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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