# Incident 20010614015339I: Piper PA32RT300T, Spartanburg, SC, June 14, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 2001, 11:45 local time
- Place: Spartanburg, SC
- Airport: Spartanburg Downtonw Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9456° N, 81.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spartanburg, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9456&lon=-81.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N667CH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N667CH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 70 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010614015339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. FINLEY STATED THAT HE NOTICED ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE FORTY-FIVE MINUTES PRIOR TO SPARTANBURG AIRPORT (SPA). ATLANTA CENTER WAS PROVIDING FLIGHT FOLLOWING AT THE TIME SO HE SWITCHED TO HIS PORTABLE RADIO.  THE PORTABLE ALLOWED HIM TO HEAR BUT HE COULD NOT TRANSMIT.  UPON REACHING THE SPA AREA HE RAN THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST AND WAS AWARE THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND.  HIS PASSENGER ASSISTED HIM IN PERFORMING THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST.  AFTER MANUALLY EXTENDING THE GEAR HE DID NOT GET A SAFE GEAR LIGHT, BUT CONFIRMED IT TO BE DOWN BY OBSERVATION FROM THE GROUND.  HE MADE A SLOWER THAN NORMAL APPROACH (70 KNOTS INSTEAD OF THE PUBLISHED 90 KNOTS FOR THE PIPER LANCE AIRCRAFT) AND UPON TOUCHING DOWN THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF SOME SCRATCHES ON THE LEFT WING TIP AND ON THE LEFT FLAP.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER MR. FINLEY OR TO HIS PASSENGER. (MR. FINLEY IS TRAINING FOR HIS INSTRUMENT RATING AND HAS HAD THIRTY-SEVEN HOURS OF DUAL IN THE PAST THIRTY DAYS).

## Other reports on N667CH (1)

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

- [Incident 20140317003699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140317003699I), Mar 17, 2014: Piper PA-32RT-300T (N667CH), Haskell, TX, Minor damage. On March 17, 2014 at 1105, at Haskell, Texas (F15). A Piper PA-32RT300T aircraft bearing registration number N667CH, blew a tire upon landing which caused 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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