# Incident 20000312017869I: Piper PA24250, Burbank, CA, March 12, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2000, 17:20 local time
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Airport: Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1901° N, 118.3264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burbank, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1901&lon=-118.3264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7593P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7593P) (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 O540A1A5
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000312017869I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PA-24 N7593P LANDED GEAR-UP ON RUNWAY 8 AT BURBANK AIRPORT AT 1720 PDT. PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ REPORTED A PARTIAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE FOUR MILES SOUTHWEST OF AIRPORT.  PILOT WAS IN CONTACT WITH BURBANK TOWER AT THIS TIME AND CONTINUED IN TO LAND.  WHILE ON A LONG MODIFIED BASE LEG TO RUNWAY 8, PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE STARTED TO LOWER THE LANDINE GEAR HE EXPERIENCED COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE.  HE SHUT OFF THE SYSTEM AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, BUT COULD NOT REMOVE THE PANEL COVERING THE GEAR EMERGENCY DISCONNECT HANDLE.  AFTER SEVERAL ATTEPTS THE PILOT GREW INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOTU THE POSSIBILITY OF ELECTRICAL FIRE, AND DECIDED TO PERFORM A BELLY LANDING, WHICH HE THEN SAFELY EXECUTED.

## Other reports on N7593P (1)

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

- [Incident 20040702019179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040702019179I), Jul 2, 2004: Piper PA24250 (N7593P), Santa Barbara, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 02, 2004 N7593P a comanche PA-24-250 landed at sba with the landing gear retracted. A statement was taken from the mechanic that recovered the…

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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