# Incident 20020621013209I: Piper PA39, Watsonville, CA, June 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2002, 12:30 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Airport: Watsonville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9357° N, 121.7896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATSONVILLE MUNI (WVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9357&lon=-121.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8974Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8974Y-2019-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-39 (registry code 7103902, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-39) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA39
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,415 total, 8,610 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020621013209I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED WATSONVILLE AT 1105 PDT VFR ENROUTE TO NAPA, CA. ENROUTE TO NAPA, CA. AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE AT APPROXIMATELY 1130. RETURNED TO WATSONVILLE, CA. PLACED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION, BUT AMPS WERE AT 7.1 AND FAILED TO GET THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT TRIED TO HAND CRANK THE GEAR DOWN, BUT WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE GEAR FULL DOWN. THEREFORE, AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 PDT THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS AND THE LOWER FUSELAGE.

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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