# Incident 20060724013279I: Amtr LANCAIRIVP, Helena, MT, July 24, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2006, 08:04 local time
- Place: Helena, MT
- Airport: Helena Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6067° N, 111.9833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HELENA RGNL (HLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6067&lon=-111.9833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N543DS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LANCAIRIVP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,210 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060724013279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER AFTER TAKE-OFF, 30 MILES FROM THE HELENA REGIONAL AIRPORT (HLN). PILOT RETURNED TO HLN AND HAD TO HAND-PUMP THE GEAR DOWN. NO INDICATION OF GEAR DOWN-AND-LOCKED WAS NOTED AS THERE WAS NO ELECTRICAL POWER FOR THE INDICATOR LIGHTS. LEFT-HAND (L/H) MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO L/H WINGTIP. GROUND CREW WAS ABLE TO EXTEND AND LOCK L/H GEAR DURING RECOVERY. PILOT STATED HE MUST NOT HAVE PUMPED GEAR DOWN FULLY. MAINTENANCE FOUND THAT MAIN BATTERY SOLENOID HAD FAILED TO OPEN. PRIMARY CAUSE APPEARS TO BE FAILURE TO FULLY EXTEND GEAR DURING EMERGENCY EXTENSION.

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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