# Incident 20211016017569I: Piper PA-32R-301T, Norman, OK, October 16, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2021, 16:39 local time
- Place: Norman, OK
- Airport: Max Westheimer Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2226° N, 97.4395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Norman, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2226&lon=-97.4395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83615, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83615) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-301T (registry code 7103220, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-301t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-301T
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211016017569I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 16, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1639 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER SARATOGA II, REGISTRATION N83615 LANDED WITH GEAR UP AT MAX WESTHEIMER AIRPORT (KOUN) NORMAN, OK. THE PILOT STATED HE NOTICED A LOW VOLTAGE WARNING INDICATION ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND NOTIFIED ATC HE HAD AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND NEEDED TO LAND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SOON THEREAFTER, THE PILOTS NAVIGATION DISPLAYS BEGAN TO FLICKER AND EVENTUALLY BLANKED OUT. ADDITIONALLY THE PILOT STATED HE LOST RADIO CONTACT WITH ATC DUE TO THE APPARENT LOSS OF AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL POWER AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND BY ATC LIGHT SIGNALS. ON THE LANDING APPROACH, THE PILOT LOWERED THE GEAR HANDLE AND ACTIVATED THE MANUAL GEAR HANDLE BUT THERE WAS NO WAY TO VERIFY THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED WITH THE LOSS OF AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL POWER. UPON LANDING, IT WAS EVIDENT THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY AFTER SUSTAINING A PROP STRIKE AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE SUSPECTED CAUSE FOR THE APPARENT LOSS OF AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL POWER HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED AS THE AIRCRAFT REPAIR AND TROUBLESHOOTING OF THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS NOT COMMENCED AS OF THIS DATE. ONCE THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN COMPLETED THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED AND UPDATED ACCORDINGLY.

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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