20101118055939A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28RT-201T · Spring, TX · November 18, 2010

Date: November 18, 2010 · 12:48 local
Place: Spring, TX
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N8320H
NTSB investigation: NTSBCEN11CA103
Reported as: Piper PA-28RT-201T
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 325 total250 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N8320HRegistered now · Piper PA-28RT-201TS/N 28R-8131057 · Built 1980 Airframe modelPiper PA-28RT-201T Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 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.

Pilot departed kdwh and experienced complete electrical failure shortly after takeoff. Pilot returned to kdwh and landed without radios with a green light from the tower. Landing gear was lowered using the emergency system (as per the POH) but the right main did not lock down. Right main landing gear collapsed on landing rollout and aircraft departed the runway. The right wing tip and the right aileron sustained substantial damage when it slid down the runway and struck a runway edge light.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DEPARTED KDWH AND EXPERIENCED COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT RETURNED TO KDWH AND LANDED WITHOUT RADIOS WITH A GREEN LIGHT FROM THE TOWER. LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED USING THE EMERGENCY SYSTEM (AS PER THE POH) BUT THE RIGHT MAIN DID NOT LOCK DOWN. RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLLOUT AND AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT WING TIP AND THE RIGHT AILERON SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB CEN11CA103Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportSpring, TXThe failure of the right landing gear down-lock mechanism to fully engage. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s inability to verify the landing gear extension due to the inoperative alternator.Nov 18, 2010 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N8320H · 1

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

Accident 20200202002939ALanding: Rollout · Fort Myers, FLOn February 2, 2020, at 16:22 EDT, a Piper PA-28RT-201T, N8320H, had a right main gear issue on roll out causing the left main to fail at Fort Myers / lee field (fmy) Fort Myers FL. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time. The pilot and…Feb 2, 2020 · Substantial damage