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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA28R180 · Dallas, TX · November 9, 1996

Date: November 9, 1996 · 08:40 local
Place: Dallas, TX
Airport: Redbird Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N800RC
Reported as: Piper PA28R180
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A2A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,109 total50 in this make and model115 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: the pilot was on an instructional flight and had a complete electrical failure he made too low passes down the runway. He made an emergency extension but nothing happened. The aircraft had damage to the belly skin and propeller. The aircraft skidded 1000 ft. on the runway. The aircraft was put on jacks and the landing gear worked normal. The electrical problem has not been determined.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT WAS ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT AND HAD A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE HE MADE TOO LOW PASSES DOWN THE RUNWAY. HE MADE AN EMERGENCY EXTENSION BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DAMAGE TO THE BELLY SKIN AND PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED 1000 FT. ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUT ON JACKS AND THE LANDING GEAR WORKED NORMAL. THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.