# Incident 20040610017289I: Piper PA24250, Birmingham, AL, June 10, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2004, 16:37 local time
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Airport: Birmingham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5207° N, 86.8025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birmingham, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5207&lon=-86.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7232P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7232P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 163 total, 15 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040610017289I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 10, 2004, N7232P MADE A GEAR UP LANDING AT THE BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS ON AN ILS APPROACH TO RW 24 WITH THE GEAR DOWN WHEN HE LOST COMPLETE ELECTRICAL POWER AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT (SEE PILOT STATEMENT). UPON TOUCHING DOWN ON RW 24 THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N7232P (1)

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

- [Incident 19810816052469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810816052469I), Aug 16, 1981: Piper PA24250 (N7232P), Longview, TX, Minor damage. Gear switch left in up position by maintenance, unoticed by pilot. Gear collapsed on takeoff roll.

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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