# Incident 20120407005559I: Piper PA-28RT-201T, Artesia, NM, April 7, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2012, 08:45 local time
- Place: Artesia, NM
- Airport: Artesia Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8519° N, 104.4676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARTESIA MUNI (ATS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8519&lon=-104.4676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81645, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N81645) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 188 total, 141 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120407005559I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 3.  THE PILOT SAID HE EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, HAD LOST ALL HIS RADIOS AND HAD SELECTED THE GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION AND THOUGHT THEY WERE DOWN.  THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION.  HE WAS ASKED TO PLACE THE GEAR SELECTOR BACK IN THE UP POSITION AND TURN THE MASTER SWITCH ON.  WHEN THE MASTER WAS TURNED ON THE GEAR WARNING HORN ACTIVATED.

## Other reports on N81645 (1)

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

- [Incident 19920526021039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920526021039I), May 26, 1992: Piper PA28RT201T (N81645), Death Valley, CA, Minor damage. Pilot landed downwind with a 5 to 10 knot tailwind. Departed end of runway.

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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