# Incident 20001027031369I: Ica IAR823, Taft, CA, October 27, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2000, 15:26 local time
- Place: Taft, CA
- Airport: Taft-Kern County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1417° N, 119.4378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAFT-KERN COUNTY (L17), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1417&lon=-119.4378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20875, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20875-2020-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Iar Sa Brasov IAR 823 (registry code 05607X6, https://openairdocs.org/model/iar-sa-brasov-iar-823) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ICA IAR823
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 24 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001027031369I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ WAS EN ROUTE BETWEEN THE CALIFORNIA AIRPORTS OF ORANGE CO. AND OAKLAND IN A IAR SA BRASOV AIRCRAFT, N20875. IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE CASTAIC ^PRIVACY ^ EXPERIENCED A RADIO COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE FOLLOWED BY A COMPLETE AIRCRAFT ELETRICAL FAILURE.  HE CONTINUED THE FLIGHT STAYING SOUTHWEST OF THE BAKERSFIELD AREA TO AVOID CLOUDS AND REMAIN VFR.  HE DECIDED TO LAND AT THE TAFT-KERN CO AIRPORT AND BEGAN CIRCLING THAT LOCATION.  UNABLE TO FREE THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE HE FLEW SLIGHTLY NORTH OF THE AIRPORT, GOT THE GEAR CRANKED DOWN AND RETURNED TO THE TAFT AIRPORT FOR LANDING.  HE CONTACTED EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT ASSISTANCE WITH HIS HAND HELD CELL PHONE.  ALTHOUGH THE GEAR INDICATED IN THE DOWN POSITION, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID SOME 493 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY TO A STOP.  ^PRIVACY ^ WAS NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER WAS BENT AND THE NOSE COWLING WAS SCRAPED. THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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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