# Incident 20160206000049I: Piper PA-24-250, Eureka, KS, February 6, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2016, 09:36 local time
- Place: Eureka, KS
- Airport: Lt. William M. Milliken Airpor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8516° N, 96.2920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LT WILLIAM M MILLIKEN (13K), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8516&lon=-96.2920&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8381P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8381P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-250
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160206000049I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON THE SECOND APPROACH TO LANDING HE LOST ELECTRICAL POWER WHILE EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR.  HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO COMPLETE THE EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR BY USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM.  HE WAS UNABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY DISENGAGE THE LANDING GEAR TRANSMISSION THAT ALLOWS THE LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.  HE STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED WITHOUT SUCCESS SEVERAL TIMES.  HE THEN LANDED WITH A PARTIALLY EXTENDED LANDING GEAR ON THE RUNWAY.  DURING THE ONSITE INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BATTERY WAS LOW, (3%) CAPACITY.  THE ALTERNATOR OUT LIGHT SYSTEM WAS FAULTY.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ALTERNATOR OUT LIGHT WAS WORKING AT THE TIME OF PRE-ENGINE START.  AND POSSIBLY THE ALTERNATOR WAS FAULTY, TO BE DETERMINED.  THE FAULTY ALTERNATOR OUT LIGHT ALLOWED THE PILOT TO NOT BE ALERTED TO THE BATTERY NOT BEING CHARGED IN FLIGHT ALLOWING THE BATTERY TO RUN LOW AND SHUT DOWN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DURING THE LOWERING OF THE LANDING GEAR THE LAST TIME.

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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