20091003050049A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Whiteville, NC · October 3, 2009

Date
October 3, 2009 · 19:15 local
Place
Whiteville, NC
Airport
Columbus County Municipal Airp
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8809C
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA10LA004
Reported as
Piper PA-32R-300
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
316 total88 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot experienced total loss of electrical power during cruise flight at 2000'. Landing gear failed to extend using emergency procedures. Pilot returned to airport (cpc) and landed gear up on runway 24.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT EXPERIENCED TOTAL LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT 2000'. LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND USING EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. PILOT RETURNED TO AIRPORT (CPC) AND LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 24.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.