# Incident 20050812019589I: Piper PA28R200, Birmingham, AL, August 12, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2005, 14:00 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: N8342C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8342C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 329 total, 37 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050812019589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DEPARTED BESSEMER (EKY) AIRPORT AND CLIMBED OUT CONTACTED BHM APPROACH, INBOUND VECTOR APPROACH ATC REPORTED CLEAR. WHEN OBER BROOKWOOD HOSPITAL LOST ALL COMMUNICATIONS, SWITCHED TO #2 COM-SQAUKED 7500 BAD COMM ADVISED WITH DOUBLE CLICK. FOLLOWED ATC TO TURN RADIO TO 119.9. CLEARED TO RUNWAY 18 AND WENT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND HAD A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. WENT TO EMERGENCY GEAR DOWN, NO RESPONSE CONTINUED LANDING NOT KNOWING IF GEAR WAS DOWN. FEATHERED THROTTLE AND LANDED GEAR UP.

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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