# Incident 20190827011689I: Piper PA-24-400, Tifton, GA, August 27, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2019, 19:35 local time
- Place: Tifton, GA
- Airport: Henry Tift Myers
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4296° N, 83.4892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HENRY TIFT MYERS (TMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4296&lon=-83.4892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8532P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8532P-2022-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-400 (registry code 7102408, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-720 series (registry code 41546, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-720-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-400
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-720
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190827011689I

## Narrative

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

ON TUESDAY 8/27/2019, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING HIS PIPER PA-24, N8532P, FROM STEINHATCHEE, FL TO TIFTON, GA. IT WAS A SUNNY DAY WITH LIGHT WINDS. AT APPROXIMATELY 1910 LOCAL TIME HIS AIRCRAFT STARTED EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. HIS ENGINE CONTINUED TO MAKE POWER DUE TO THE MAGNETOS NOT NEEDING ELECTRICAL POWER TO OPERATE. NEAR TIFTON ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ATTEMPTED TO LOWER HIS LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS. BECAUSE BOTH NORMALLY OPERATE ON ELECTRICITY THEY DID NOT LOWER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REFERRED TO THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND LOWERED THE GEAR MANUALLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON THE GROUND OBSERVING AND CONFIRMED THE GEAR LOOKED DOWN AND LOCKED. ON TOUCH DOWN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON IT'S BELLY 300 FEET AT 1940 LOCAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO ONE WAS HURT. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED FROM THE RUNWAY THE GEAR FELL DOWN AND LOCKED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONFIRMED THAT ON THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION, A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION WAS PERFORMED AND THE LANDING GEAR OPERATED WITH NO DEFECTS NOTED.

## Other reports on N8532P (2)

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

- [Incident 19960211010519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960211010519I), Feb 11, 1996: Piper PA24400 (N8532P), Scottsdale, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: doing touch and gos at time of incident. Torrance bailey in right seat on controls. Mike taraska stated that he was PIC. Lost control and veered off…
- [Accident 19740602022139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740602022139A), Jun 2, 1974: Piper PA24400 (N8532P), Nw Smyrna Bch, FL, Substantial damage. Demo of acft perf. Atmtd l/o at 100MPH IAS,later at spds up to 120MPH.ctls fnd fully functional.

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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