# Accident 20021106030479A: Piper PA28R201T, Grand Junction, CO, November 6, 2002 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 6, 2002, 13:55 local time - Place: Grand Junction, CO - Airport: Walker Field - Damage: Substantial damage - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 39.0996° N, 108.3494° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0996&lon=-108.3494&mi=10 - Aircraft: N2904C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2904C) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201T - NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA014) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021106030479A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) GJT. UPON ARRIVAL IN GJT AREA HE LOWERED HIS LANDING GEAR ELECTRICALLY AND FOLLOWED ON WITH MANUAL EXTENSION AS WELL. HE ROCKED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT AND THEN THE RIGHT AS SPECIFIED IN PA-28R EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. HE CONTINUED HIS APPROACH INTO GJT REPEATING THE MANUAL EXTENSION ATTEMPT AND LEFT/RIGHT ROCKING. HE LANDED ON RWY 27, ON THE ROLL TO STOP THE LEFT WING DIPPED, THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO TAXIWAY A6 COMING TO A STOP WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WING STRIKING THE 3000' REMAINING MARKER. CLEARANCE TO LAND RWY 27 GJT. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION OF THE ALTERNATOR AND COMPONENT SYSTEM DID NOT REVEAL ANY FAILURE. OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONAL CHECKS OF THE ALTERNATOR WERE NORMAL. (.19) ON NOVEMBER 06, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-28RT, N2904C, OPERATED BY KEMPTON AIR SERVICE, OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN ITS LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL AT WALKER FIELD AIRPORT (GJT), GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THIS PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT W AS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14, CFR PART 91, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT DURANGO, COLORADO AT APPROXIMATELY 1315. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES SOUTH EAST OF GRAND JUNCTION, THE AIRPLANE'S ALTERNATOR FAILED AND ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WAS LOST. ATTEMPTS TO RESTORE ELECTRICAL POWER WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. WHILE OVER WHITEWATER, COLORADO, THE PILOT USED HIS CELL PHONE TO CALL GJT TOWER AND WAS GIVEN CLEARANCE TO LAND. HE FOLLOWED THE AIRPLANE'S EMERGENCY CHECKLIST TO MANUALLY LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE ON RUNWAY 29. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE'S LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK THE A6 TAXIWAY SIGN. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS LEFT WING. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB DEN03LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA014), Nov 6, 2002: Piper PA-28RT (N2904C), Grand Junction, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the collapse of the left main landing gear during landing roll resulting in loss of control/ground loop/swerve and subsequent impact with a sign. Contributing factors include, the airplane's total… ## Other reports on N2904C (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19880221003159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880221003159A), Feb 21, 1988: Piper PA28RT201T (N2904C), Aurora, CO, Substantial damage. Made hard landing. Impact collapsed the right main and nose gear. - [Incident 19821031062549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821031062549I), Oct 31, 1982: Piper PA28RT201T (N2904C), Salina, KS, Minor damage. Forgot landing gear. Landed gear up. Had locked off automatic gear system. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.