19961215043859I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Lake Havasu Cit, AZ · December 15, 1996

Date: December 15, 1996 · 14:00 local
Place: Lake Havasu Cit, AZ
Airport: Lake Havasu City Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2704R
Reported as: Piper PA28R200
Reported engine: Continental IO360A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 114 total6 in this make and model99 in the last 90 days

N2704RRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-35254 · Built 1969 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Narrative: approx. 1/2 hr. After t/o from las vegas, NV aircraft lost all electrical power. Pilot chose lake Havasu, AZ airport to make a "wheels up" landing as the landing gear would not extend and fuel finally did register zero in both tanks. A/c sustained minor damage on fuselage underside (including wings and bent prop. Maintenance personnel from glendale aviation checked engine crankshaft run-out (o.k.), replaced prop, extended landing gear and "locks" in down position. A/c was then ferried from lake Havasu, AZ back to glendale, AZ airport. Incident closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: APPROX. 1/2 HR. AFTER T/O FROM LAS VEGAS, NV AIRCRAFT LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. PILOT CHOSE LAKE HAVASU, AZ AIRPORT TO MAKE A "WHEELS UP" LANDING AS THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND AND FUEL FINALLY DID REGISTER ZERO IN BOTH TANKS. A/C SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE ON FUSELAGE UNDERSIDE (INCLUDING WINGS AND BENT PROP. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FROM GLENDALE AVIATION CHECKED ENGINE CRANKSHAFT RUN-OUT (O.K.), REPLACED PROP, EXTENDED LANDING GEAR AND "LOCKS" IN DOWN POSITION. A/C WAS THEN FERRIED FROM LAKE HAVASU, AZ BACK TO GLENDALE, AZ AIRPORT. INCIDENT CLOSED.