20180131001739I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Monroe, LA · January 31, 2018

Date
January 31, 2018 · 11:50 local
Place
Monroe, LA
Airport
Monroe Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4522J
Reported as
Piper PA-28R-180
Reported engine
Lycoming I0-360-B1E
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
223 total15 in this make and model57 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot statement: lowered landing gear handle at 600FT above runway 22. Saw three green landing gear lights then had total electrical systems failure. Cycled master & avionics switches no avail, proceeded with approach thinking the landing gear was down. Realized gear was still up when foot step struck the runway followed by lower fuselage and propeller.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATEMENT: LOWERED LANDING GEAR HANDLE AT 600FT ABOVE RUNWAY 22. SAW THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHTS THEN HAD TOTAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FAILURE. CYCLED MASTER & AVIONICS SWITCHES NO AVAIL, PROCEEDED WITH APPROACH THINKING THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. REALIZED GEAR WAS STILL UP WHEN FOOT STEP STRUCK THE RUNWAY FOLLOWED BY LOWER FUSELAGE AND PROPELLER.