# Incident 20200702021449I: Piper PA-28R-200, Troy, MI, July 2, 2020 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 2, 2020, 16:35 local time - Place: Troy, MI - Airport: Oakland/Troy - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 42.5429° N, 83.1779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND/TROY (VLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5429&lon=-83.1779&mi=10 - Aircraft: N16566, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16566) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Piper PA-28R-200 (registry code 7102811, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-200) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-200 - Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 778 total, 36 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200702021449I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON JULY 2, 2020, ABOUT 1635 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER P-28R-200 ARROW, N61566, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN A GEAR UP LANDING IN TROY, MICHIGAN. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PILOT WAS FLYING FROM VENANGO AIRPORT, PA TO OAKLAND/TROY AIRPORT, MI. THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. BOTH ORAL AND WRITTEN STATEMENTS WERE TAKEN FROM THE PILOT AND THIS IS A SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS NOTED. ? NEAR DETROIT CITY AIRPORT THE GARMIN GPS LOST POWER. WITHIN 90 SECONDS TO 2 MINUTES HE LOST POWER TO THE COMMUNICATIONS AND THEN LOST THE TRANSPONDER. ? HE WAS ABOUT 10 MILES FROM TROY AND DECIDED TO CONTINUE ON TO TROY. HE FIGURED HE HAD AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. ? HE FOCUSED ON FLYING THE AIRPLANE AND NEVER THOUGHT TO DIAGNOSE THE ELECTRICAL ISSUE AND DID NOT REFERENCE THE POH ? HE SET-UP APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27, RAN HIS GUMPS CHECK, FELT A BUMP WHEN HE PUT THE GEAR LEVER DOWN AND THOUGHT THE GEAR WAS DOWN. HE DID NOT HAVE GEAR LIGHTS, TO INCLUDE THE TRANSITION LIGHT. ? HE DID NOT CHECK ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND HE UNDERSTANDS THE BATTERY TO HAVE ABOUT 20 TO 30 MINUTES OF POWER. THE NO GEAR INDICATING LIGHTS DID NOT BOTHER HIM BECAUSE OF THE POWER ISSUE. ? HE IS AWARE OF THE ALTERNATE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE, BUT FELT THERE WAS NO RAMIFICATION TO USE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE AND UNDERSTANDS THAT THE ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION WILL WORK WITHOUT ELECTRICAL POWER. HE DID NOT CONSULT THE POH FOR EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, HE FELT WHAT HE THOUGHT THERE WAS A GEAR DROP, A THUMP. ? HE HAD ENOUGH JUICE FOR INTERCOM. HE PERFORMED HIS LAST CHANCE (2ND) GUMPS CHECK AGAIN ON FINAL. HE LEVELED OFF OVER THE RUNWAY AND HIS AIRSPEED BLED OFF. WHEN HE LANDED HE GOT A CRUNCH. ? THE AIRCRAFT SPUN ALMOST 180 DEGREES AND STAYED ON THE RUNWAY. HE DID NOT REMEMBER, BUT THOUGHT HE HIT LEFT RUDDER, YAWED AND STOPPED ON THE RUNWAY. HE TURNED OFF THE MASTER AND MAGS. ? PASSENGER GRABBED AND RELEASED THE DOOR LOWER LATCH AND PILOT IN COMMAND RELEASED THE UPPER LATCH AND THEY EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN RUNWAY 27 AND CAME TO REST ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY DOWN, AFTER SLIDING APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET A WITNESS ALSO REPORTED SEEING THE GEAR UP, RIGHT BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ## Other reports on N16566 (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20180616008009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180616008009I), Jun 16, 2018: Piper PA-28R-200 (N16566), Coatesville, PA, Minor damage. Flight departed mqs for flight instruction, at approximately 0900 EST. 2 pilots were on board, no passengers. The flight began uneventfully. The crew practiced… - [Accident 19740414009619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740414009619A), Apr 14, 1974: Piper PA28R200 (N16566), Crane, MO, Substantial damage. Lndg dnwnd,waited too long bfr initiating go-around. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.