20071118828309I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Dublin, GA · November 18, 2007

Date
November 18, 2007 · 15:30 local
Place
Dublin, GA
Airport
W H 'Bud' Barron
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9333P
Reported as
Piper PA24260
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total150 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On November 18, 2007 the pilot privacy data omitted was piloting N9333P Piper PA-24-260 from tvc traverse city, MI., to X-60 williston, FL. When he experienced intermittent radio and subsequent electrical power failure while transiting Georgia. He decided to discontinue the flight and land at dbn Dublin, GA. During approach into dbn the landing gear control lever was placed to the down position without confirmation of a down indication of the landing gear position indicator. The aircraft landed on runway 20 with the landing gear remaining in the retracted position. The aircraft skidded to a stop on the lower fuselage skin and the propeller struck the runway surface bending both blade tips.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 18, 2007 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PILOTING N9333P PIPER PA-24-260 FROM TVC TRAVERSE CITY, MI., TO X-60 WILLISTON, FL. WHEN HE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT RADIO AND SUBSEQUENT ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE WHILE TRANSITING GEORGIA. HE DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE THE FLIGHT AND LAND AT DBN DUBLIN, GA. DURING APPROACH INTO DBN THE LANDING GEAR CONTROL LEVER WAS PLACED TO THE DOWN POSITION WITHOUT CONFIRMATION OF A DOWN INDICATION OF THE LANDING GEAR POSITION INDICATOR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 20 WITH THE LANDING GEAR REMAINING IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON THE LOWER FUSELAGE SKIN AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE BENDING BOTH BLADE TIPS.