# Incident 20220317003229I: Piper PA-32R-300, Tomball, TX, March 17, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2022, 10:35 local time
- Place: Tomball, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0618° N, 95.5528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEML (DWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0618&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1972K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1972K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32R-300 (registry code 7103213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32r-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41585, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO 540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220317003229I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ENROUTE DWH TO IWS, AIRCRAFT N1972K, SERIAL NUMBER 32R-7780030, THE PILOT REPORTED A DROP IN VOLTAGE FOLLOWED BY EQUIPMENT FAILURES AND TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO DWH. THE PILOT REPORTED THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND WHEN ACTIVATED. THE PILOT THEN REPORTED UTILIZING THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM BUT HAD NO WAY TO DETERMINE IF THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. A FLY BY THE TOWER RESPONDED WITH AN APPEARANCE OF BEING PARTIALLY DOWN. DURING LANDING THE GEAR WAS NOT IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINIMAL. POST EXAMINATION REVEALED THE LANDING GEAR TO BE PARTIALLY EXTENDED.

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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