# Incident 19980913043879I: Piper PA28R200, Crestview, FL, September 13, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1998, 10:00 local time
- Place: Crestview, FL
- Airport: Bob Sikes Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7788° N, 86.5221° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOB SIKES (CEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7788&lon=-86.5221&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55265, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55265-2017-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,065 total, 2 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980913043879I

## Narrative

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

(-5) PILOT AND HIS WIFE TOOK OFF FROM MILTON FLORIDA, 2R4, ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. PILOT STATED HE HAD A GENERATOR FAILURE AND ATTEMPTED TO RESET IT. IT WORKED MOMENTARILY AND SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED AGAIN. HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR BUT IT DID NOT WORK. HE USED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE AND THE GEAR CAME DOWN BUT DID NOT LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION. PILOT MADE A LOW PASS AND REQUESTED CRESTVIEW UNICORN PERSONNEL TO VERIFY WHETHER OR NOT HE HAD EXTENDED LANDING GEAR. BOB KELLAR, AT THE FBO IN CRESTVIEW, SAID HE OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT WITH PARTIAL GEAR EXTENSION AND NOTIFIED THE PILOT BY RADIO THAT HIS GEAR WAS ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED. SINCE N55265 HAD A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE THE PILOT NEITHER HEARD OR ACKNOWLEDGED HIS TRANSMISSION. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N55265 (1)

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

- [Incident 20120213005249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120213005249I), Feb 13, 2012: Piper PA-28R-200 (N55265), Milton, FL, Substantial damage. During 2.5 hour training flight aircraft made two sucessfull landing at kbfm and kpns prior to incident. During final to 2R4 landing gear indicated unsafe.…

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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