# Incident 20190505003989I: Piper PA-32R-301, Mobile, AL, May 5, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2019, 11:30 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Mobile Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6268° N, 88.0681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Mobile Downtown Airport (BFM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6268&lon=-88.0681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9229B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9229B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301 (registry code 7103218, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190505003989I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER ON APPROACH TO BJKA AND HE ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT AT KBFM.   ON APPROACH AT KBFM, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED IN THE GRASS ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 32.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE, FUSELAGE SKIN BELOW THE WINDSHIELD AND DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.  THE PILOT RECEIVED A MINOR INJURY, A SCRATCH, WHILE EXITING THE AIRCRAFT.

DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MAY NOT HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE CORRECTLY.

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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