20021219037399I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr Seawind · Punta Gorda, FL · December 19, 2002

Date
December 19, 2002 · 10:55 local
Place
Punta Gorda, FL
Airport
Charlotte County
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N20W
Reported as
Amtr Seawind
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total55 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft departed pine shadows air park (94FL) at 09:45 local time for key west, FL VFR with no flight plan initiated. When approximately twenty-five miles west of key west at 6,500 feet, they experienced a complete electrical failure resulting in no communications or hydraulic power. PIC elected to return to pgd to attempt a landing on the grass parallel to r/w 09 as he had no landing gear indication. He landed on the r/h side of runway 09 in the grass, but swung to the left as he only had the r/h MLG down and locked - both the nose lg and l/h MLG collapsed. The aircraft slid across r/w 09 resulting in minor scraping damage to the aircraft and with no injuries to the PIC or his passenger.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PINE SHADOWS AIR PARK (94FL) AT 09:45 LOCAL TIME FOR KEY WEST, FL VFR WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN INITIATED. WHEN APPROXIMATELY TWENTY-FIVE MILES WEST OF KEY WEST AT 6,500 FEET, THEY EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE RESULTING IN NO COMMUNICATIONS OR HYDRAULIC POWER. PIC ELECTED TO RETURN TO PGD TO ATTEMPT A LANDING ON THE GRASS PARALLEL TO R/W 09 AS HE HAD NO LANDING GEAR INDICATION. HE LANDED ON THE R/H SIDE OF RUNWAY 09 IN THE GRASS, BUT SWUNG TO THE LEFT AS HE ONLY HAD THE R/H MLG DOWN AND LOCKED - BOTH THE NOSE LG AND L/H MLG COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ACROSS R/W 09 RESULTING IN MINOR SCRAPING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PIC OR HIS PASSENGER.