# Accident 20160602016669A: Piper PA 46-350P, Seattle, WA, June 2, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2016, 02:20 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5300° N, 122.3019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5300&lon=-122.3019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N301DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N301DM-2018-12-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA 46-350P (registry code 7104620, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-350p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540 series (registry code 41569, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA 46-350P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,080 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160602016669A

## Narrative

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

ON VECTORS FOR KBFI ILS 13R AT 2200', PIC NOTED BOTH TIE BUS GEN BREAKERS OUT.  RESET BREAKERS WITH NO ISSUES.  JUST BEFORE FINAL VECTOR TO JOIN LOCALIZER, ALL LIGHTS, POST LIGHTS, ENGINE INSTRUMENTS AND BACKLIT GAUGES WENT DARK AND FAILED.  AVIONICS (G500, GNS530, GARMIN TRANSPONDERS, GMX200, AUDIO PNL AND AUTOPILOT) STILL FUNCTIONED.  PIC FOLLOWED PROCEDURES AND ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT INSTEAD OF RISKING MORE FAILURES WITH GOING AROUND TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM(S).  PIC WAS UNABLE TO NOTE GEAR/FLAP POSITIONS DUE TO LIGHTING/INSTRUMENT FAILURES.  ACFT LANDED GEAR UP/FLAPS UP.  AFTER ACFT RECOVERY, AN 80 AMP TIE BUSS BREAKER WAS OUT.  RESETING BREAKER RENDERED ALL SYSTEMS NORMAL INCLUDING GEAR OPERATION.  REASON FOR BREAKER(S) POPPING DURING THIS INCIDENT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.  NTSB HAS UPGRADED THIS INCIDENT TO AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE WING.  AIRCRAFT RECIEVED MINOR DAMAGE TO LOWER FUSELAGE, RADAR RADOME AND ENGINE INLET SCOOP DUE TO GEAR UP LANDING.  DURING THE LANDING, THE LEFT WING WAS DAMAGED APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET OUT FROM THE FUSELAGE, AND IS NOT REPAIRABLE.1

## 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 WPR16LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA127), Jun 2, 2016: Piper PA46 (N301DM), Seattle, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to use the emergency procedures checklist for generator failures or for gear extension following a loss of electrical power due to the separated flag terminal of a diode in…

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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