# Incident 20200123005179I: Piper PA-28R-200, Pasco, WA, January 23, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2020, 08:30 local time
- Place: Pasco, WA
- Airport: Tri Cities
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2649° N, 119.1194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRI-CITIES (PSC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2649&lon=-119.1194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9470N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9470N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200123005179I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED HRI AIRPORT 07:52 WITH VOID TIME IFR  CLEARANCE. WITHIN :25 MINUTES PILOT EXPERIENCED TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE , UNABLE BATTERY, UNABLE GENERATOR AFTER CYCLING MASTER SWITCH TWO TIMES! PILOT PROCEEDED TO VMC CONDITIONS IMMEDIATELY.

PILOT CONTACTED TRI CITIES TOWER VIA CELL PHONE FOR LANDING CLEARANCE. PILOT WAS UNSURE OF LANDING GEAR POSITION AFTER EMERGENCY EXTENSION, SO OVERFLEW RUNWAY AND TOWER THEN STATED GEAR APPEARED TO BE EXTENDED. TOWER THEN DECLARED EMERGENCY AND CLEARED AIRCRAFT TO LAND. PILOT SHUT DOWN ENGINE ON SHORT FINAL. DURING LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE  PROP,COWLING, AND LANDING GEAR LEG WHEN CONTACTING THE  RUNWAY SURFACE .

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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