# Incident 20140823014169I: Piper PA-24-260, Plainview, TX, August 23, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2014, 18:30 local time
- Place: Plainview, TX
- Airport: Hale County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1681° N, 101.7173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HALE COUNTY (PVW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1681&lon=-101.7173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N669P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N669P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 28,500 total, 125 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140823014169I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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