# Accident 20121124026429A: Piper PA-30, Phoenix, AZ, November 24, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2012, 08:15 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Deer Valley Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0825° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8747Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8747Y-2018-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-30 (registry code 7103002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121124026429A

## Narrative

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

PA-30, N8747Y DEPARTED DEER VALLEY AIRPORT (DVT) ENROUTE TO PRESCOTT (PRC) DURING TAKEOFF, WHEN GEAR UP SELECTED AIRCRAFT LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. PILOT TRIED TO RESET ALTERNATORS USING VARIOUS COMBINATIONS WITHOUT SUCCESS. HE THEN MADE A CELL PHONE CALL TO 1-800-WX-BRIEF AND HAD THEM RELAY MESSAGE BACK TO (DVT) TOWER. PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES.  HE THEN LANDED ON RNWY 7L. AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE MAIN GEAR BUT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, FOLLOWED BY THE MAIN GEAR. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF RUNWAY TO AREA BETWEEN 7L AND 7R WHERE IT STOPPED. PILOT SHUT DOWN AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS LEFT THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AND BOTH PROPELLERS.

## 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 WPR13LA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA060), Nov 24, 2012: Piper PA30 (N8747Y), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to properly inhibit the landing gear transmission motor consistent with the emergency landing gear extension procedure, which precluded the full extension of the landing gear.…

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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