# Incident 19981027031029I: Piper PA24250, Key West, FL, October 27, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1998, 14:02 local time
- Place: Key West, FL
- Airport: Key West International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.5561° N, 81.7600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEY WEST INTL (EYW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5561&lon=-81.7600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5567P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5567P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 650 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981027031029I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON VFR CROSS COUNTRY, PILOT ADVISED TOWER OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, KEY WEST TWR WAS NOT ABLE TO TALK PILOT WHILE IN TRAFFIC PATTERN.             (-5) PIC WAS ON FLIGHT FROM NEW BERN, NC TO KEY WEST, FL IN VMC ON 27 OCT 98. AFTER ENROUTE REFUELING STOP IN ORMOND BEACH, FL, A/C CONTINUED TO EYW. ON THE LAST PART OF FLIGHT IN TO EYW, A/C LOST ELECTRICAL POWER AND RADIO COMMS. PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO DESTINATION. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER GEAR MANUALLY BUT STATED LEVER WAS "JAMMED". PILOT LANDED IN GEAR-UP CONFIGURATION. PROP, BELLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING. ALL OCCUPANTS EVACUATED WITHOUT INJURY. NO POST-LANDING FIRE. A/C FOUND WITH SWITCH IN GEAR-UP POSITION BY LOCAL MECHANIC UPON ARRIVING ON SCENE. PILOT STATED HE USED MANUAL EXTENSION PROCEDURES FROM MEMORY.

## Other reports on N5567P (2)

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

- [Incident 19990820023349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990820023349I), Aug 20, 1999: Piper PA24250 (N5567P), Raleigh-Durham, NC, Minor damage. (-5)On approach into Raleigh, pilot received an unsafe gear warning. He attempted to recycle the gear three times, then he performed a flyby the tower, the…
- [Incident 19971005035369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971005035369I), Oct 5, 1997: Piper PA24250 (N5567P), New Bern, NC, Minor damage. Narrative: on October 5, 1997 at approximately 11:45 eastern daylight time, a Piper PA-24-250, N5567P, registered to a private individual made a landing at ewn…

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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