# Incident 20061117030109I: Piper PA28R180, Marion, OH, November 17, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2006, 21:45 local time
- Place: Marion, OH
- Airport: Marion Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6163° N, 83.0635° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARION MUNI (MNN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6163&lon=-83.0635&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4581J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4581J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R180
- Reported engine: LYC IO360LYC*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 0 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061117030109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENROUTE FROM DUH, PIC SCANNED INSTRUMENTS AND FOUND VOLTAGE METER TO READ 0 VOLTS. MADE DECISION TO LAND AT NEAREST AIRPORT WHICH WAS MNN. ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT MNN VIA 2 COMM FREQUENCIES BUT WAS UNABLE TO REACH ANYBODY. ENROUTE TO MNN, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE POWER FAILURE. UPON REACHING MNN, PIC FOUND THE RUNWAY LIGHTS TO BE ACTIVE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, PIC FOUND THAT THE GEAR SWITCH WAS NOT WORKING AND PULLED THE LANDING GEAR OVERRIDE SWITCH. BELIEVING THAT HIS GEAR WAS DOWN, PIC CONTINUED WITH HIS LANDING APPROACH. UPON TOUCHDOWN, AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS BELLY. PIC ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL AIRCRAFT WITH THE RUDDER PEDALS. FOLLOWING A COMPLETE STOP OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS STILL ON THE RUNWAY, BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND CALLED 911.

## Other reports on N4581J (1)

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

- [Accident 19800526015339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800526015339A), May 26, 1980: Piper PA28R180 (N4581J), Pigeon, MI, Substantial damage. Struck raised portion of road on takeoff from farm field. Impact ballooned airplane, severed gear, wrinkled wings.

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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