# Incident 20040808019099I: Piper PA32RT300T, Parker, AZ, August 8, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2004, 09:55 local time
- Place: Parker, AZ
- Airport: Avi Suquilla Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1498° N, 114.2678° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AVI SUQUILLA (P20), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1498&lon=-114.2678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N588BS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N588BS) (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 TIO540*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 80 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040808019099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTING FROM PARKER ARIZONA, ENROUTE TO SMO AT 11,500' THE PILOT STATED THAT HE NOTICED A FAILURE OF THE GPS AND THEN HEARD STATIC IN HIS HEADSET. THE PILOT THEN DETERMINED THAT HE HAD AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND TRIED CYCLING THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR SWITCHES, NOTING NO RECOVERY OF ELECTRICAL POWER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT DETECT AN ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT AT ANY TIME. THE PILOT THEN DECIDED TO RETURN TO PARKER AZ AND LAND. THE PILOT COULD NOT LOWER THE LANDING GEAR ELECTRICALLY BECAUSE OF THE POWER FAILURE, SO DECIDED TO INITIATE THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE. WHEN ASKED AT WHAT SPEED HE INITIATED THIS PROCEDURE, STATED HE THOUGHT 87 KTS. IAS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TALKED TO PARKER ON A HANDHELD RADIO AND PERFORMED A FLY BY TO CHECK FOR A GEAR DOWN CONDITION, AND GROUND PERSONNEL SAID THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN. DURING HIS LANDING ON RWY 15 THE NOSE, LEFT MAIN AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT STATED THAT ALL OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AMMETER NEVER SEEMED TO REGISTER MUCH OVER ZERO AND THAT AFTER INITIAL START UP AT PARKER BEFORE THE FLIGHT, HE DIDN'T NOTICE MUCH NEEDLE MOVEMENT, IF ANY ON THE AMMETER.

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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