# Incident 20061217028639I: Piper PA24250, El Cajon, CA, December 17, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2006, 10:11 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N641WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N641WP-2007-12-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 15 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061217028639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER DEPARTURE FROM GILLESPIE FIELD IN EL CAJON, CA, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE AND HE RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ELECTRICAL POWER TO OPERATE THE LANDING GEAR AND THAT THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED USING EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES. UPON LANDING ROLL-OUT, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.

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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