# Incident 20171102024809I: Carter Stephen C SX 300, Mckinney, TX, November 2, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2017, 13:02 local time
- Place: Mckinney, TX
- Airport: Collin County National
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1976° N, 96.6153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McKinney, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1976&lon=-96.6153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87SX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87SX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Carter Stephen C SX 300 (registry code 056287W, https://openairdocs.org/model/carter-stephen-c-sx-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CARTER STEPHEN C SX 300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,215 total, 410 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171102024809I

## Narrative

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

WHILE APPROACHING MCKINNNEY AIRPORT, PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF THE ALTERNATOR. PILOT WAS ABLE TO NOTIFY ATC. PILOT THEN EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ELECTICAL FAILURE AND PROCEEDED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY, WITH THE HAND PUMP. PILOT REPORTED THE GEAR FELT LIKE IT LOCKED SECURELY IN PLACE, BUT DID NOT HAVE AN GEAR INTRUMENTION INDICATION, DUE TO NO ELECTRICITY. PILOT WAS ABLE TO VERIFY THAT THE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE GAUAGE WAS POSITIVE. ON TOUCH DOWN THE PLANE BEGAN ITS LANDING ROLL NORMALLY, AS THE LANDING ROLL PROGRESSED, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BEGAN TO RETRACT, THUS CAUSING SKIN DAMAGE TO BOTTOM OF RIGHT WINGTIP. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY, INTO GRASS. NO INJURIES NOR ANY OTHER PROPERTY DAMAGE.

MDR SUBMITTED # 2017FA0000602

## Other reports on N87SX (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20230415003539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230415003539I), Apr 15, 2023: Carter Stephen C SX 300 (N87SX), Leesburg, FL, Minor damage. On April 15, 2023 at approximately 0830 EST, swearengin SX-300; experimental, amateur built aircraft, departed from Leesburg International Airport (klee),…

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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