20090424004569I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-250 · Modesto, CA · April 24, 2009

Date: April 24, 2009 · 10:57 local
Place: Modesto, CA
Airport: Modesto City-Co-Harry Sham Fld
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5298P
Reported as: Piper PA24250
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 879 total718 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N5298PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250S/N 24-339 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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.

Aircraft lost electrical power due to a broken alternator field wire. PIC extended the landing gear using the emergency extension system. At this time there was insufficient battery power remaining to illuminate the landing gear position lights. On landing roll-out, the landing gear collapsed. Inspection of the aircraft found no discrepancy with the emergency extension system.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LOST ELECTRICAL POWER DUE TO A BROKEN ALTERNATOR FIELD WIRE. PIC EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM. AT THIS TIME THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT BATTERY POWER REMAINING TO ILLUMINATE THE LANDING GEAR POSITION LIGHTS. ON LANDING ROLL-OUT, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND NO DISCREPANCY WITH THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM.