# Incident 20080215011169I: Piper PA28R200, Tappahannock, VA, February 15, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2008, 16:00 local time
- Place: Tappahannock, VA
- Airport: Tappahannock-Essex County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8596° N, 76.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TAPPAHANNOCK/ESSEX COUNTY (XSA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8596&lon=-76.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7284C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7284C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28R200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 234 total, 72 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080215011169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. WHEN HE PUT GEAR DOWN, HE DIDN'T HAVE THREE GREEN LIGHTS. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH TAPAHANNOCK BUT NOONE ANSWERED. HE THEN CIRCLED AND ATTEMPTED TO USE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. THERE WAS STILL NO INDICATION IF GEAR WAS DOWN AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT HE STILL HAD A MALFUNCTION. THE PILOT THEN PROCEEDED TO SHUT THE FUEL OFF AND MADE A GEAR UP LANDING.

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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