# Incident 20220406004549I: Piper PA-24-260, Mesa, AZ, April 6, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2022, 09:30 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8547P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8547P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (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-24-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0-540 D4A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 273 total, 69 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220406004549I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 6, 2022 ABOUT 0800 PST TIME. A PIPER PA-24-260 COMANCHE SERIAL NUMBER 24-4004, N8547P, WHICH WAS CERTIFICATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR SECTION 21.183. STANDARD AIRWORTTHINESS CERTIFICATES FOR NORMAL CATEGORY. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FALCON FIELD AIRPORT RUNWAY 4L, MESA ARIZONA (FFZ) AT 09:15 WITH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER ONBOARD WITH THE INTENT TO FLY TO COOLIDGE AIRPORT (P08) AND RETURN TO FALCON FIELD AIRPORT (FFZ).

PILOT REPORTED CONDITIONS AT FLIGHT TIME WERE APPROXIMATELY WIND FROM 040 AT 4 KNOTS. VISIBILITY GREATER THAN 10 MILES, THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM RWY 4L WITH A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB RAISED THE LANDING GEAR. ONCE AT  APPROXIMENTLY 4000?  THE FIRST G5 MESSAGE STATING LOSS OF EXTERNAL POWER12NM INTO THE FLIGHT, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE GARMIN 430 SHUTING DOWN AND ATTEMPTING TO RESTART. THE SECOND G5 REPORTED LOSS OF EXTERNAL POWER AT THAT POINT THE PILOT BEGAN A 180 DEG TURN AND ATTEMTED TO ESTABLISH COMMUMICATIONS WITH (FFZ) TOWER AT THAT POINT THE SECOND RADIO SHUT DOWN AND THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUT DOWN.

THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH (FFZ) TOWER VIA CELL PHONE AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 4L PILOT WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR WITH NORMAL PROCEDURES AND INITIATED EMERGANCY PROCEDURES TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT USING THE SAME TECHNIQUES THAT HE WOULD HAVE HAD THE LANDING GEAR BE DOWN.

## Other reports on N8547P (1)

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

- [Accident 20030628013279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030628013279A), Jun 28, 2003: Piper PA24260 (N8547P), Ogden, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) On 6/28/03, at 1247MDT, N8547P, a Piper PA-24-260, piloted by alan wayne thompson sustained substantial damage when his aircraft landing gear collapsed…

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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