# Incident 20090424004569I: Piper PA24250, Modesto, CA, April 24, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2009, 10:57 local time
- Place: Modesto, CA
- Airport: Modesto City-Co-Harry Sham Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6258° N, 120.9544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MODESTO CITY-COUNTY-HARRY SHAM FLD (MOD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6258&lon=-120.9544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5298P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5298P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 879 total, 718 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090424004569I

## Narrative

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

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.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.