19990907039559I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA24 · Miami, FL · September 7, 1999

Date
September 7, 1999 · 16:49 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
Opa Locka Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6305P
Reported as
Piper PA24
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total42 in this make and model5 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.

On September 7, 1999 at approximately 2045Z Mr. Victor larger was practicing touch-and-go landings at tmb and experienced a complete electrical power failure during takeoff. He tried to communicate with ATC via radio and using transponder codes 7600/7700 with no results. He decided to fly back to his home base at opf and performed a manual gear extension. During landing at runway 9L the landing gear collapsed causing damage to the propeller and the bottom of the fuselage. The master c/b was found tripped and electrical power was restored when it was pushed back in. A fuseholder witha blown fuse was also found connected to the main battery contactor terminals. The nose gear was manually extended at this site, but it did not lock properly.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 AT APPROXIMATELY 2045Z MR. VICTOR LARGER WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS AT TMB AND EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE DURING TAKEOFF. HE TRIED TO COMMUNICATE WITH ATC VIA RADIO AND USING TRANSPONDER CODES 7600/7700 WITH NO RESULTS. HE DECIDED TO FLY BACK TO HIS HOME BASE AT OPF AND PERFORMED A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION. DURING LANDING AT RUNWAY 9L THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE. THE MASTER C/B WAS FOUND TRIPPED AND ELECTRICAL POWER WAS RESTORED WHEN IT WAS PUSHED BACK IN. A FUSEHOLDER WITHA BLOWN FUSE WAS ALSO FOUND CONNECTED TO THE MAIN BATTERY CONTACTOR TERMINALS. THE NOSE GEAR WAS MANUALLY EXTENDED AT THIS SITE, BUT IT DID NOT LOCK PROPERLY.