# Incident 20080714839559I: Piper PA32R300, Mountain Home, AR, July 14, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2008, 22:10 local time
- Place: Mountain Home, AR
- Airport: Ozark Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3351° N, 92.3842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mountain Home, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3351&lon=-92.3842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2125V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2125V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 550 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080714839559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) JULY 14, 2008 APPROX 21:00 CDT N2125V A PA-32, DEPARTED (FSM) FOR SMITH, ARKANSAS RETURNING TO (BKP) MOUNTAIN HOME, ARKANSAS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALONG WITH TWO PASSENGERS.  PILOT STATES THAT APPROX. 15 MINUTES OUT OF (BPK) THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER WHILE HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH MEMPHIS CENTER WHEN HE LOST RADIO CONTACT.  HE CONTACTED BKP VIA CELL PHONE AND STATED HIS PROBLEM AND REQUESTED RUNWAY LIGHTS AND WHEN THEY WERE TURNED ON HE WAS WITHIN SIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND USED EMERGENCY RELEASE OF THE LANDING GEAR AT 120 KNOTS.  AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID OFF RUNWAY.  DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE PROP, MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS AND RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE, WING TIP.  NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED AND VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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