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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Pelegrin TARRAGON · Sullivan, MO · May 17, 2022

Date: May 17, 2022 · 12:25 local
Place: Sullivan, MO
Airport: Sullivan Regional
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N70RR
Reported as: Pelegrin Tarragon
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,100 total

N70RRRegistered now · Pelegrin TARRAGONS/N T201707007 · Built 2019 Airframe modelPelegrin TARRAGON Engine modelRotax 914UL4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft experienced electrical issues with the charging

System and landed with the gear partially down at

Sullivan Regional Airport (kuuv). There was one soul onboard with no injuries. The nose landing gear doors were

Damaged from contact with the runway. Both main

Landing gear strut axles were damaged with minor

Damage. The left and right flap track brackets had

Minor damage due to contact with the runway. The

Carbon fiber lower fuselage below the instrument

Panel received minor damage from contact with the

Runway. An auto 12V/24V detection relay was suspected and verified to have failed causing a complete electrical failure and engine stoppage resulting in the partial gear up landing while on landing approach. The pilot did not have enough to crank all three landing gears to the full down and locked position prior to touchdown on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH THE CHARGING

SYSTEM AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR PARTIALLY DOWN AT

SULLIVAN REGIONAL AIRPORT (KUUV). THERE WAS ONE SOUL ONBOARD WITH NO INJURIES. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE

DAMAGED FROM CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. BOTH MAIN

LANDING GEAR STRUT AXLES WERE DAMAGED WITH MINOR

DAMAGE. THE LEFT AND RIGHT FLAP TRACK BRACKETS HAD

MINOR DAMAGE DUE TO CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE

CARBON FIBER LOWER FUSELAGE BELOW THE INSTRUMENT

PANEL RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE FROM CONTACT WITH THE

RUNWAY. AN AUTO 12V/24V DETECTION RELAY WAS SUSPECTED AND VERIFIED TO HAVE FAILED CAUSING A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND ENGINE STOPPAGE RESULTING IN THE PARTIAL GEAR UP LANDING WHILE ON LANDING APPROACH. THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO CRANK ALL THREE LANDING GEARS TO THE FULL DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN ON THE RUNWAY.