# Incident 20140418009489I: Piper PA-28R-200, Benton, KS, April 18, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2014, 15:40 local time
- Place: Benton, KS
- Airport: Lloyd Stearman Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7744° N, 97.1132° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LLOYD STEARMAN FLD (1K1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7744&lon=-97.1132&mi=10
- Aircraft: N328MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N328MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 275 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140418009489I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 18, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 1540 LOCAL, (2040 UTC), THE MULTI-ENGINE, INSTRUMENT-RATED COMMERCIAL PILOT LANDED THE PIPER PA-28-R200 SERIES AIRCRAFT AT THE LLOYD STEARMAN FIELD (1K1), BENTON, KANSAS, WITH THE AIRCRAFT?S LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RICHARD LLOYD JONES JR. AIRPORT (KRVS), TULSA, OKLAHOMA EN-ROUTE TO 1K1 AT A CRUISING ALTITUDE OF 7000 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL).  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

WHILE EN-ROUTE, THE AIRMAN EXPERIENCED AN AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY RESULTED IN A LOSS OF RADIO COMMUNICATION WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC).  ATC RADAR AND AUDIO RECORDINGS INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT?S DESCENT PROFILE, ONCE INITIATED, WAS FLOWN AT A FASTER AIRSPEED THAN THE MANUFACTURER?S RECOMMENDED AIRSPEED FOR AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION.  THE PILOT STATED THAT DUE TO THE COMPOUNDING ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT, THAT THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE WAS MODIFIED TO ADAPT TO THE CHANGING SITUATION.

THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.  UPON THE ARRIVAL OF AIRPORT PERSONNEL, THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE LANDING GEAR POSITION LIGHTS; THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RAISED UP OFF THE RUNWAY BY TWO TRACTORS ALLOWING THE LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.

THE AIRMAN, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT, DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES.

A POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT REVEAL ANY ANOMALY OR SYSTEM FAILURE THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION; THIS INSPECTION ALSO DETERMINED THAT THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE LANDING GEAR DOORS, WERE NOT IN TRANSIT AT THE TIME OF TOUCH-DOWN.

## Other reports on N328MA (1)

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

- [Incident 20260321013049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260321013049I), Mar 21, 2026: Piper PA-28R-200 (N328MA), Maitland, MO, Minor damage. Pilot states after leaving kevu reaching cruising altitude the engine started to shake and heard prop RPM increase dramatically. Pilot scanned instruments and…

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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