# Incident 20021019028559I: Piper PA24250, Millinocket, ME, October 19, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2002, 01:00 local time
- Place: Millinocket, ME
- Airport: Millinocket Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6478° N, 68.6856° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MILLINOCKET MUNI (MLT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6478&lon=-68.6856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7875P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7875P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 12 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021019028559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1 AM, SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 11 AT MLT, THE ENTIRE AIRCRAFT ELECTRIC SYSTEM FAILED (INCLUDING NO BATTERY POWER). THE PILOT CHECKED CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND SWITCHES TO NO AVAIL. HE COULD STILL SEE THE RUNWAY LIGHTS, SO HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO MLT FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 29 (4700 FT, PAVED, & DRY/WIND WAS CALM). HE WENT THROUGH THE ALTERNATE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE AND MADE HIS LANDING WITH NO FLAPS (ELECTRIC FLAPS). AS HE TOUCHED-DOWN, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS ALONE AND IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. THE PROP WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED AND THE BELLY SKINS WERE ALSO DAMAGED. NE-FSDO-05 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N7875P (1)

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

- [Incident 20201223020369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201223020369I), Dec 23, 2020: Piper PA-24-250 (N7875P), Mt Pleasant, SC, Minor damage. Eon message text: mount Pleasant, SC (lro): N7875P, PA24, VFR, right gear collapsed on landing. POB: 1, injuries: none, damage: extent unknown. 12/23/2020…

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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