# Incident 19981216042009I: Piper PA24250, Garden City, KS, December 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1998, 16:45 local time
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Airport: Garden City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9275° N, 100.7244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDEN CITY RGNL (GCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9275&lon=-100.7244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5835P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5835P) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981216042009I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON 12/16/98 THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM WICHITA, KS. (ICT) AT APP. 15:30PM ENROUTE TO COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. (COS) ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRCRAFT LOST ELECTRICAL POWER AT APP. 16:30PM IN THE VICINITY OF GARDEN CITY, KS. (GCK) THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO GARDEN CITY TO LAND.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND AND LOCK DOWN.  THE PILOT REPORTED THE LANDING GEAR WAS CRANKED DOWN UNTIL A GREEN SAFE LIGHT WAS OBSERVED.  THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING, NO INJUIRES.  01/05/99: IN A CONVERSATION WITH GARY KELLER AN A&P MECHANIC AT GARDEN CITY HE SUSPECTS LANDING GEAR RIGGING AS A CAUSE FOR THE GEAR COLLAPSE.  LANDING GEAR RIGGING PRELOAD ON THE NOSE GEAR WAS WITHIN SPECS BUT AT A MINIMUM.  THIS IS ONLY THE MECHANIS OPINION.  THIS IS NOT THE DEFINITE CAUSE OF THE GEAR FAILURE.

## Other reports on N5835P (1)

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

- [Incident 19790707019899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790707019899I), Jul 7, 1979: Piper PA24250 (N5835P), Ottumwa, IA, Minor damage. Left main landing gear collapsed on touchdown due to bent retraction arm.

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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