# Incident 20030401006109I: Piper PA32RT300, Richmond, IN, April 1, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2003, 10:10 local time
- Place: Richmond, IN
- Airport: Richmond Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7561° N, 84.8427° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICHMOND MUNI (RID), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7561&lon=-84.8427&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36149, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36149) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 260 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030401006109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN STATED THAT WHILE ENROUTE KALAMAZOO, MI TO HIS DESTINATION IN FLORIDA HE EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL DIFFICULTIES CAUSING HIM TO LOSE COMMUNICATION WITH ATC AND LOSS OF NAVIGATION RADIOS. HE DIVERTED TO RICHMOND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. WHILE DESCENDING FOR LANDING HE SAID HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY GEAR DOWN PROCEDURE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO GET THE GEAR TO FALL. HE SAID HE ELECTED TO MAKE A GEAR UP LANDING.

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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