# Incident 20070106000299I: Piper PA44180, Bakersfield, CA, January 6, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 2007, 17:38 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Bakersfield Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3249° N, 118.9960° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAKERSFIELD MUNI (L45), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3249&lon=-118.9960&mi=10
- Aircraft: N205ER, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N205ER-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-44-180 (registry code 7104402, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-44-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA44180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 20 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070106000299I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LGB ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO LVK. UPON APPROACHING VENTURA, PILOT NOTICED #1 VOR FAILING, FOLLOWED BY THE DME. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO TRANSMIT ON RADIOS, SQUAWKED 7700. DARKNESS WAS APPROACHING AND COCKPIT LIGHTING WAS GETTING DIMMER, HE DECIDED THAT AIRCRAFT WAS LOSING ELECTRICAL POWER. PILOT FOUND FLASHLIGHT AND DECIDED TO DIVERT TO BAKERSFIELD, ELECTED TO LAND AT L45. PILOT SELECTED GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND FOCUSED ON THE RUNWAY. AS HE FLARED AND SETTLED ON THE RUNWAY HE DISCOVERED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. PILOT DID NOT PERFORM EMERGENCY GEAR PROCEDURE. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE, NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N205ER (4)

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

- [Incident 20050707016149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050707016149I), Jul 7, 2005: Piper PA44180 (N205ER), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. (-23) PIC confirmed gear down. Student called three green on short final. Normal landing, shortly after nosewheel touchdown, nose gear collapsed. Drag link…
- [Incident 20021121032859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021121032859I), Nov 21, 2002: Piper PA44180 (N205ER), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft was on a part 61 training flight. The student was receiving dual instruction for the ATP rating. During a normal landing and after the nose…
- [Incident 19880228018279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880228018279I), Feb 28, 1988: Piper PA44180 (N205ER), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Made a hard landing. Lost directional control. Veered right and departed the runway.
- [Incident 19811026081699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811026081699I), Oct 26, 1981: Piper PA44180T (N205ER), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on touch and go and 420 bolt in nose gear drag link broke allowing nose gear to collapse.

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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