# Incident 20170513009679I: Piper PA-24-250, Redding, CA, May 13, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2017, 11:47 local time
- Place: Redding, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5865° N, 122.3917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Redding, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5865&lon=-122.3917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5794P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5794P-2019-03-12) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170513009679I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 13TH, N5749P A PIPER PA-24-250 DEPARTED TRK ENROUTE TO O85. NEARING THE INTENDED DESTINATION THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO SWITCH RADIOS FROM OAKLAND ARTCC TO REDDING TOWER NOTICED THAT TWO OF THE AIRCRAFT'S RADIO WERE INOPERATIVE.  WHILE AT CRUISE THE PILOT CONTACTED HIS FRIEND ON A CELL PHONE. HIS FRIEND CONTACTED TO RDD TOWER TO COORDINATE A EMERGENCY LANDING AT RDD.  THE FRIEND CONTACTED THE PILOT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SETUP A FOR A LEFT DOWNWIND FULL STOP LANDING TO RUNWAY 30.  DO THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE THE LANDING GEAR HAD TO BE MANUALLY EXTENDED.  AFTER CONTACTING THE RUNWAY ALL THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. 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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