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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-24-260 · Plainview, TX · August 23, 2014

Date: August 23, 2014 · 18:30 local
Place: Plainview, TX
Airport: Hale County Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N669P
Reported as: Piper PA-24-260
Reported engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 28,500 total125 in this make and model

N669PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260S/N 24-4507 · Built 1966 Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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On September 23, 2014, at 1830 CDT, a Piper PA-24-260 bearing registration number N669P, registered to aircraft sales inc., on approach to landing, the pilot selected the gear handle down and immediately experienced complete electrical system failure. The pilot attempted to lower landing gear manually. Pilot was unable to get emergency extension handle to fully extend and gear collapsed on landing rollout at Hale County Airport in Plainview, Texas. The aircraft was being repositioned on a personal flight. Visual meteorlogical conditions prevailed at the time, and a VFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage. There were no injuries. The flight originated from mena, Arkansas on September 23, 2014.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2014, AT 1830 CDT, A PIPER PA-24-260 BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N669P, REGISTERED TO AIRCRAFT SALES INC., ON APPROACH TO LANDING, THE PILOT SELECTED THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY EXPERIENCED COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR MANUALLY. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GET EMERGENCY EXTENSION HANDLE TO FULLY EXTEND AND GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLLOUT AT HALE COUNTY AIRPORT IN PLAINVIEW, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING REPOSITIONED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MENA, ARKANSAS ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2014.