19990103005809I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201 · Longview, TX · January 3, 1999

Date
January 3, 1999 · 15:02 local
Place
Longview, TX
Airport
Gregg County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N92DA
Reported as
Piper PA28R201
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360C1C6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total65 in this make and model2 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.

(-5)Pilot took-off and flew with alternator switch off, lost battery power. On approach, gear would not extend using normal procedure. Pilot confused if aircraft had auto extend system, did not attempt emergency extension of linding gear. Landed gear up. Aircraft raised and normal and emergency gear system worked as designed.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)PILOT TOOK-OFF AND FLEW WITH ALTERNATOR SWITCH OFF, LOST BATTERY POWER. ON APPROACH, GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND USING NORMAL PROCEDURE. PILOT CONFUSED IF AIRCRAFT HAD AUTO EXTEND SYSTEM, DID NOT ATTEMPT EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF LINDING GEAR. LANDED GEAR UP. AIRCRAFT RAISED AND NORMAL AND EMERGENCY GEAR SYSTEM WORKED AS DESIGNED.