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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Melfa, VA · October 12, 2000

Date
October 12, 2000 · 13:00 local
Place
Melfa, VA
Airport
Accomack County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9471P
Reported as
Piper PA24260
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540N1A5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total2,000 in this make and model30 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) Aircraft had an electrical failure. The pilot observed that the landing gear was down but could not confirm that it was locked. As the aircraft touched down, the landing gear collapsed causing minor belly skin damage and bending both propeller blades.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE PILOT OBSERVED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN BUT COULD NOT CONFIRM THAT IT WAS LOCKED. AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR BELLY SKIN DAMAGE AND BENDING BOTH PROPELLER BLADES.