# Accident 20101118055939A: Piper PA-28RT-201T, Spring, TX, November 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2010, 12:48 local time
- Place: Spring, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0619° N, 95.5528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0619&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8320H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8320H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201T (registry code 7102817, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-201T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 250 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101118055939A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN11CA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA103), Nov 18, 2010: Piper PA-28RT-201T (N8320H), Spring, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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…

## Other reports on N8320H (1)

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

- [Accident 20200202002939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200202002939A), Feb 2, 2020: Piper PA-28RT-201T (N8320H), Fort Myers, FL, Substantial damage. On 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…

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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