# Incident 20050510007749I: Piper PA32R300, Kansas City, MO, May 10, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2005, 23:45 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DD5A
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88RH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88RH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,300 total, 500 in this make and model, 380 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050510007749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT (KOKC), OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, ENROUTE TO KANSAS CITY CHARLES B. WHEELER DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (KMKC), KANSAS CITY, MO, OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR 135 FOR SAFEWING AVIATION COMPANY, INC., USING THE CALL SIGN SWIFTWING 723. DURING THE FLIGHT, IN THE STILLWATER, OK AREA, ELECTRICAL POWER WAS LOST DUE TO A MALFUNCTIONING ALTERNATOR, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION RADIOS AND LIGHTS. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE FLIGHT AND LANDED AT JOHNSON COUNTRY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KOJC), OLATHE, KS, AT APPROXIMATELY 2320 CDT. WHILE ON THE GROUND AT KOJC, THE PILOT CONTACTED PERSONNEL AT THE KMKC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT) USING A CELL PHONE, ADVISED THEM OF THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE, AND REQUESTED TO LAND AT KMKC USING LIGHT GUN SIGNALS. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DEPARTED KOJC AT APPROXIMATELY 2328 CDT ENROUTE TO KMKC WITHOUT OPERABLE AIRCRAFT RADIOS OR LIGHTS. THE PILOT RECEIVED A LANDING CLEARANCE FROM KMKC ATCT VIA A LIGHT GUN SIGNAL AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 2345 CDT. WITH THIS REPORT, INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED IS CLOSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N88RH (1)

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

- [Incident 20070108001019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070108001019I), Jan 8, 2007: Piper PA32R300 (N88RH), Salina, KS. (-23) The aircraft departed sln enroute to mkc. Approximately 5 minutes after takeoff, the pilot could not control the propeller. Engine oil began to cover the…

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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