# Incident 20090430006539I: Piper PA32R301, Lebanon, TN, April 30, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2009, 13:05 local time
- Place: Lebanon, TN
- Airport: Lebanon Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1904° N, 86.3157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEBANON MUNI (M54), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1904&lon=-86.3157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N329HP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N329HP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32R301
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,850 total, 300 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/20090430006539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N329HP DEPARTED EKQ FOR MKL.  IFR FLIGHT FILED FOR 6000.  ENROUTE THE BATTERY LOW VOLTAGE LIGHT CAME ON MOMENTARILY, THEN WENT OUT.  LATER, THE RADIOS SHUTDOWN, ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN ENGINE GAUGES WILDLY FLUCTUATED READING ERRONEOUSLY, THEN CUT OFF.  THE PILOT STARTED LOAD SHEDDING TO CONSERVE BATTERY.  AFTER APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES RADIOS CAME BACK ON LONG ENOUGH TO COMMUNICATE WITH NASHVILLE APPROACH, PILOT ADVISED HIS SITUATION AND ASKED FOR A VECTOR TO A NEARBY AIRPORT.  (M54).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED TO APPROXIMATAELY 95KTS AND USED THE CHECKLIST TO EXTEND THE GEAR.  A NORMAL VMC APPROACH WAS MADE.  THE LANDING TOUCHDOWN SEEMED NORMAL UNTIL THE PROPELLERS WERE HEARD STRIKING THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT PULLED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT UP AND CUT THE POWER PULLING THE POWER AND MIXTURE BACK, AND RETARDED THE PROPELLERS.  AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED, THE NOSE DROPPED AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO A STOP FACING APPROXIMTELY 180 DEGREES FROM THE LANDING DIRECTION.

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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