# Incident 20220620010789I: Piper PA-28R-200, Beverly, MA, June 20, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2022, 22:00 local time
- Place: Beverly, MA
- Airport: Beverly Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5841° N, 70.9161° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEVERLY RGNL (BVY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5841&lon=-70.9161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N434RJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N434RJ) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 467 total, 400 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220620010789I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED BIDDEFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (B19) ON THE SECOND FLIGHT OF THE DAY. VFR CONDITIONS PREVALED. AFTER TAKEOFF THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS POSITIONED IN THE GEAR UP POSITION. WITH THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE IN THE UP POSITION THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER WITH NO CHANGE TO ENGINE OPERATION. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE CLIMB OUT TO TROUBLESHOOT THE ELECTRICAL ISSUE. APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS POISTION TO THE GEAR DOWN POSITION. AT THIS TIME, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CAME BACK ONLINE AND ELECTRICAL POWER WAS ESTABLISHED. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES FLYING IN THE GEAR DOWN CONFIGURATION AND ALL SYSTEM OPERATIONAL, THE LANDING LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS POSITIONED TO THE GEAR UP POSITION. THE RESULTS WERE THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTING AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OPERATING NORMALLY SO THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO BEVERLY REGIONAL AIRPORT (BVY) WITH NO ISSUES. APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES FROM BVY THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS POSITIONED TO THE GEAR DOWN POSITION TO CONFIGURE THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING, AS THE GEAR HANDLE WAS MOVED TO THE GEAR DOWN POSITION THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED AGAIN CAUSING LOSS OF ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT BVY PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO OPERATIONS WHICH ALLOWED THE AIRPORT LIGHTING TO ILLUMINATE. THE PILOT CONTINUED TO ATTEMPT TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT BVY WHILE THE AIRPORT LIGHTING WAS ILLUMINATED ASSUMING THE GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY 16 SURFACE AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY SURFACE COMING TO REST TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE IN THE GRASS AREA. THE AIRCRAFT LOWER FUSELAGE SURFACE SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N434RJ (1)

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

- [Incident 19990315016549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990315016549I), Mar 15, 1999: Piper PA28R200 (N434RJ), Rochester, NY. (-5) On Monday, March 15, 1999, at 1520 local, a Piper PA-28R-200, N434RJ, owned by the penn yan flying club, reported an electrical failure to the Rochester…

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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