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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-201T · Athens, GA · June 2, 2000

Date
June 2, 2000 · 11:12 local
Place
Athens, GA
Airport
Athens Ben Epps Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5881V
Reported as
Piper PA28R201T
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
207 total124 in this make and model6 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.

(-23)The aircraft departed ahm at 1501Z and initiated a climbing right turn. About midway into the turn, the aircraft lost all electrical power. The aircraft turned toward the tower and rocked the wings to indicate they were without radio communciation. The tower acknowledge and the pilot repeatedly tried to extend the gear but was not successful. On landing the a/c experienced damage to the flaps, nose gear doors, prop damage, and damage to the skids beneath the cabin. Witnesses on the ground stated the main gear were about 1/4 extended. As of this date, cause of the electrical failure has not been determined.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AHM AT 1501Z AND INITIATED A CLIMBING RIGHT TURN. ABOUT MIDWAY INTO THE TURN, THE AIRCRAFT LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED TOWARD THE TOWER AND ROCKED THE WINGS TO INDICATE THEY WERE WITHOUT RADIO COMMUNCIATION. THE TOWER ACKNOWLEDGE AND THE PILOT REPEATEDLY TRIED TO EXTEND THE GEAR BUT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. ON LANDING THE A/C EXPERIENCED DAMAGE TO THE FLAPS, NOSE GEAR DOORS, PROP DAMAGE, AND DAMAGE TO THE SKIDS BENEATH THE CABIN. WITNESSES ON THE GROUND STATED THE MAIN GEAR WERE ABOUT 1/4 EXTENDED. AS OF THIS DATE, CAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED.