# Incident 19961109035069I: Piper PA28R180, Dallas, TX, November 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1996, 08:40 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Redbird Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N800RC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A2A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,109 total, 50 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961109035069I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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