# Incident 20020607014969I: Piper PA24400, Dallas, TX, June 7, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2002, 11:00 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Addison Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9686° N, 96.8365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADDISON (ADS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9686&lon=-96.8365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8535P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8535P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-400 (registry code 7102408, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24400
- Pilot flight hours: 36,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020607014969I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED GAINESVILLE, TX AFTER STOPPING FOR FUEL. ARRIVING IN THE DFW ARTCC HE CONTACTED REGIONAL APPROACH ON 124.25. AFTER RECEIVING INSTRUCTION TO FREQUENCY CHANGE TO ADDISON TOWER HE LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. THE PILOT MADE 3 PASSES BY THE TOWER TO OBTAIN A GREEN LIGHT THEN DEPARTED THE AREA TO THE NORTH TOWARD LAKE LEWISVILLE DAM WHERE HE MANUALLY PUMPED DOWN THE GEAR. HE WAS ALSO ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH CONTACT BY USING HIS CELL PHONE AND CALLING 911. ADDISON POLICE DEPT. DID RECEIVE HIS CALL. HE EVENTUALLY LANDED AT ADDISON AIRPORT USING LIGHT GUN SIGNALS. AFTER LANDING HE CONTACTED THE DFW REGIONAL CONTROLLER AND ADDISON TOWER. HE EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENDED TO EACH FACILITY AND BOTH ACCEPTED HIS APOLOGY FOR OPERATING HIS ACFT AS HE DID.

## Other reports on N8535P (1)

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

- [Accident 19810912061189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810912061189A), Sep 12, 1981: Piper PA24400 (N8535P), Marston Mills, MA, Substantial damage. Aircraft veered off runway during landing with wing striking vegatation which caused crash off runway.

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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