# Incident 20031125034729I: Piper PA32RT300T, Garden City, KS, November 25, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2003, 12:32 local time
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Airport: Garden City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9275° N, 100.7244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDEN CITY RGNL (GCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9275&lon=-100.7244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21435, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21435) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300T (registry code 7103216, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540S1AD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 104 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031125034729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N21435 EXPERIENCED AN IN-FLIGHT ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHILE ON A VFR FLIGHT, UNDER AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN, FROM OMAHA, NEBRASKA TO DALHART, TEXAS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS USING A HAND-HELD TRANCEIVER AS A BACK UP AND THAT HE WAS ABLE TO MONITOR ATC COMMUNICATIONS BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESPOND. WHEN IN THE VICINITY OF THE GARDEN CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT (GCK), THE PILOT ESTABLISHED COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE GCK CONTRACT CONTROL TOWER. THE PILOT INFORMED GCK CCT THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE, AND THAT HE HAD PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION BUT WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED INTO PLACE. GCK CCT VISUALLY VERIFIED THAT ALL LANDING GEAR WERE VISIBLE BUT WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY IF GEAR WAS LOCKED INTO PLACE. THE PILOT WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE ACTIVATED. UPON LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N21435 (1)

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

- [Incident 19871104074329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871104074329I), Nov 4, 1987: Piper PA32RT300T (N21435), Delta, UT. Lost electric power at night. Pilot reduced electric load and landed ok. Found loose wire connect at alternator.

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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