# Incident 20021107032889I: Piper PA30, Panama City, FL, November 7, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2002, 19:30 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Panama City-Bay County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2121° N, 85.6828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Panama City-Bay Co International Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2121&lon=-85.6828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7349Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7349Y-2005-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 540 total, 36 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021107032889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 7, 2002 AT 1700 CST, A PIPER PA-30 TWIN COMMANCHE - N7349Y, LOST ELECTRICAL POWER WHILE ON APPROACH TO PANAMA CITY AIRPORT (PFN). THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 32, AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA (CAE). THE CONTROL TOWER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE BY A CREW MEMBER WITH A HAND HELD RADIO. THE CONTROL TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND. THE PILOT HEARD THE LANDING GEAR GO DOWN, AND HE SAW A FAINT GREEN INDICATOR LIGHT, AND FURTHER CONFIRMED THE POSITION OF THE GEAR WITH A MIRROR. ONCE ON FINAL FOR LANDING, THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN NORMAL, AND THEN A BRISK AND LOUD CRASHING SOUND WAS HEARD. THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID FOR FOUR THOUSAND FEE. THE MAIN GEAR BUCKLED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT, DAMAGING THE LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER, ENGINE, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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