# Incident 20081001855919I: Piper PA32R300, Columbia, SC, October 1, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2008, 20:00 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: FFKA
- Location: 33.9382° N, 81.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9382&lon=-81.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8209C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8209C-2020-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081001855919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT COLUMBIA, SC, CAE, IN N8209C, A PIPER PA 32R-300 AIRPLANE, WHEN HE NOTICED THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS FLICKERING AND GOING DIM.  CAE APPROACH ADVISED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THAT THEY WERE NOT RECEIVING XPONDER AND ALT. REPORTING INFORMATION.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALSO NOTICED 0 VOLTS AND NOTIFIED APPROACH OF ELECTRICAL FAILURE.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE COULD STILL HEAR APPROACH AND THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS WERE DIM ONE RADIO WAS RECEIVING.  HE FOLLOWED APPROACH HEADING INSTRUCTIONS AND FOLLOW A MD-80 AIRCRAFT ON BASE TO FINAL.  WHILE TURNING BASE TO FINAL.  WHILE TURNING BASE TO FINAL, N8209C LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.  WHILE ON FINAL, THE GEAR MOTOR WAS STILL MAKING NOISE AS IF ATTEMPTING TO LOWER THE GEAR, SO HE ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR USING THE HYDRAULIC RELEASE.  THE GEAR CONTINUED TO MAKE NOISE AS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED AND CAME TO REST ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SLIDE DOWN THE RUNWAY 29.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY JUST PAST TAXIWAY YANKEE.  OF THE ONE ONBOARD (PILOT) THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N8209C (2)

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

- [Accident 20171214023089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171214023089A), Dec 14, 2017: Piper PA-32R-300 (N8209C), Kwigillingok, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot narrative---i was assigned to take 2 pax and baggage from bethel to Kwigillingok in the Piper lance, N8209C. Loading and fuel for the flight as follows:…
- [Incident 20060106002129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060106002129I), Jan 6, 2006: Piper PA32R300 (N8209C), Raleigh-Durham, NC, Minor damage. (-23) After landing on runway 05L, and during roll out the pilot and co-pilot both heard a "snapping" sound and the nose down pitch of the aircraft seemed less…

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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