19970514025139I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · West Palm Beach, FL · May 14, 1997

Date
May 14, 1997 · 14:30 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Airport
Lorth Palm Beach County Gen Av
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N15144
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total45 in this make and model15 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.

Lost electrical power en route. Diverted. Failed to manual lower gear or ascertain up or down. Gear up landing.

As the FAA filed it

LOST ELECTRICAL POWER EN ROUTE. DIVERTED. FAILED TO MANUAL LOWER GEAR OR ASCERTAIN UP OR DOWN. GEAR UP LANDING.