# Incident 20170421002549I: Piper PA-24-260, Brigham City, UT, April 21, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2017, 22:00 local time
- Place: Brigham City, UT
- Airport: Brigham City Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5543° N, 112.0623° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRIGHAM CITY RGNL (BMC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5543&lon=-112.0623&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91BR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91BR) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,881 total, 4 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170421002549I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED, THEY DEPARTED PLU ABOUT 4PM MST AND THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH FEW CLOUDS AND LIGHT WINDS.  ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE FLIGHT THE RADIOS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING WELL SO THEY WERE TURNED OFF.  FUEL USAGE APPEARED HIGHER THAN EXPECTED SO THEY PLANNED ON LANDING AT BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH KBMC TO REFUEL BEFORE PROCEEDING TO SPANISH FORK, UTAH U77.  WHEN THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION IT WAS APPARENT THAT WE HAD NO ELECTRICAL POWER.  WE ORBITED THE AIRPORT AND USED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST IN THE POH AND THE COVER PLATE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE EMERGENCY GEAR ACTUATION BOX.  THE APPROACH WAS MADE TO RUNWAY 17, WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE.  TOUCHDOWN WAS VERY GENTLE, ON CENTERLINE, AND UPON LOWERING THE NOSE, THE NOSE CONTINUED DROPPING, SLIGHT WING DROP TO THE RIGHT, PROP STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE FUSELAGE GENTLY HIT THE GROUND AND WE SLID TO A STOP WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CURVE TO THE RIGHT.  I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION SWITCH AS SOON AS THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND.  POWER WAS AT IDLE.  I TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH, PUT THE FUEL SELECTOR TO OFF AND WE EXITED THE AIRPLANE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

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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