# Incident 20070325003989I: Piper PA28R180, Coalinga, CA, March 25, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2007, 13:30 local time
- Place: Coalinga, CA
- Airport: Harris Ranch Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2481° N, 120.2385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRIS RANCH (3O8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2481&lon=-120.2385&mi=10
- Aircraft: N424CN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N424CN-2015-05-22) (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 IO360B1E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,314 total, 950 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070325003989I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 03/25/2007, WHILE ENROUTE FROM COLUMBIA AIRPORT (O22) TO HARRIS RANCH (3O8) IN COALINGA, CA, AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, A LOUD SQUEAL WAS HEARD OVER BOTH THE PILOT'S HEAD SET AND THE CABIN SPEAKER, AND THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE UTILIZED, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES NORTH OF HARRIS RANCH THE PIC PULLED THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION LEVER TO THE DOWN POSITION. NO INDICATION WAS FELT THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. SINCE THERE WAS NO ELETRICAL POWER, THERE WAS NO LIGHT INDICATION ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO DETERMINE THE GEAR POSITION. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE, THE PIC BEGAN THE EMERGENCY GEAR RETRACTION PROCEDURE (TWO ATTEMPTS) ALLOWING THE GEAR SYSTEM TO FREE FALL. THE PIC STATED HE DID NOT FEEL THE GEAR LOCK IN PLACE AFTER BOTH ATTEMPTS, BUT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS HANDLING AS IF THE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE PIC ELECTED TO LAND AT HARRIS RANCH ONCE HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT 1500 FEET AGL. THE PIC FELT THE PROPELLER STRIKE THE RUNWAY, AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED FOR ABOUT 20 YARDS AND CAME TO REST FOUR FEET RIGHT OF THE CENTERLINE. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY EITHER THE PIC OR THE ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD.

## Other reports on N424CN (1)

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

- [Incident 20140427006509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140427006509I), Apr 27, 2014: Piper PA-28R-180 (N424CN), Lake Havasu Cit, AZ, Minor damage. While enroute from buckeye AZ to lake Havasu city AZ lost engine power and made a gear up landing at black meadow landing in an area used for recreational…

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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