# Incident 20241021020269I: Piper PA-32R-300, La Crosse, WI, October 21, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2024, 11:23 local time
- Place: La Crosse, WI
- Airport: La Crosse Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8793° N, 91.2566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LA CROSSE RGNL (LSE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8793&lon=-91.2566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47894 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32R-300
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,329 total, 149 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241021020269I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/21/2024 AT 1123 CDT, AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PIPER PA32- INCURRED A RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE AFTER LANDING AT LACROSSE, WI (LSE). FOLLOWING A NORMAL LANDING ON RUNWAY 18 AND AFTER APPROXIMATELY 2OO FEET OF ROLLOUT, THE RIGHT GEAR RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, RIGHT WINGTIP, RIGHT FLAP, AND RIGHT ELEVATOR TIP.

THE PILOT WAS THE LONE OCCUPANT AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

THE PILOT REPORTED AN IN-FLIGHT ELECTRICAL POWER LOSS OCCURING APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT DIVERTED TO LSE AND UTILIZED THE EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING. VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF LANDING GEAR EXTENSION WAS PROVIDED BY LSE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL. THE LANDING WAS NORMAL BUT THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON THE RUNWAY FOLLOWING 200 FEET OF ROLLOUT.

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT OPERATED NORMALLY PRIOR TO THE POWER LOSS, AND NO WARNING LIGHTS OR COCKPIT INDICATIONS CORRESPONDING TO THE ELECRTICAL LOSS WERE NOTED.

SUBSEQUENT GROUND TESTING OF THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES WITH BOTH NORMAL EXTENSION AND EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEMS.

THIS REPORT MAY BE AMENDED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

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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