# Incident 20110429007379I: Piper PA-30, St. Petersburg, FL, April 29, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2011, 16:03 local time
- Place: St. Petersburg, FL
- Airport: Albert Whitted Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7760Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 39,504 total, 400 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110429007379I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 29, 2011, PRIOR TO TAKEOFF FROM THE ST. PETERSBURG AIRPORT (SPG), THE PILOT TRIED TO START AIRCRAFT N7760Y ENGINES HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT POWER TO ROTATE THE STARTER. THE PILOT REQUESTED AND RECEIVED A 12 VOLT JUMP START FROM THE FIX BASE OPERATOR (FBO) AT THE AIRPORT, BUT THE POWER SOURCE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO PERFORM THE ENGINE START OPERATION. THE PILOT THEN CONNECTED A 24 VOLT POWER SOURCE TO THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND USED IT TO START THE AIRCRAFT ENGINES. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT LOSS ELECTRICAL POWER AND THE PILOT RETURN TO SPG FOR LANDING. HE CONTACT THE TOWER AND INFORMED THE CONTROLLER THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD LOSS ELECTRICAL POWER AND REQUESTED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE DOWN AND LOCKED.  DURING THE LANDING PHASE OF FLIGHT, HE STATED THAT THE TOWER GAVE HIM A RED LIGHT BUT HE DID NOT SEE IT BEFORE TOUCHING DOWN. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON THE RUNWAY, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHICH CAUSED THE LOWER SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND LANDING GEAR DOORS.

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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