# Incident 20031004025759I: Piper PA28R201, Nashville, TN, October 4, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2003, 10:23 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30JS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30JS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-201 (registry code 7102816, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R201
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031004025759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) I INTERVIEWED LEE ANN JAMES THE PILOT OF N30JS. SHE STATED THAT WHILE ENROUTE TO NASHVILLE SHE HAD EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT, THIS WAS DETERMINED BY SEEING THE DISPLAY ON THE GPS FLICKERING. SHE HAD ALSO LOST RADIO COMMUNICATION AND HAD SET THE TRANSPONDER TO A 7600 CODE. WHEN SHE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR ALL REMAINING ELECTRICAL POWER WAS LOST, SHE SAID THAT THERE WAS NO GREEN LIGHTS AVAILABLE TO INDICATE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED, BUT THAT IT FELT LIKE THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. SHE CONTINUED THE APPROACH AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY CROSSWIND WHEN LANDING. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. I ASKED IF SHE HAD USED ANY EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, SHE STATED SHE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR THIS AIRCRAFT, BUT WOULD BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THEM. I ASKED IF SHE HAD EXPERIENCED ANY PRIOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND SHE SAID THAT FOR THE LAST TWO FLIGHTS THE AIRCRAFT HAD TO BE JUMPED OFF TO START THE AIRCRAFT. SHE SAID SHE HAD QUESTIONED THE MECHANICS AT THE UNION CITY AIRPORT, HER LOCAL BASE OF OPERATION, AND WAS TOLD THE STARTING PROBLEM WAS PROBABLY DUE TO THE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER.

## Other reports on N30JS (1)

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

- [Incident 20200214004389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200214004389I), Feb 14, 2020: Piper PA-28R-201 (N30JS), Hollywood, FL, Minor damage. Spoke with both CFI candidate and the CFI. Both said this was the 3rd landing, practicing the power off 180 landing in the Piper arrow. They were focused on…

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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