# Incident 20251119019249I: Piper PA-24-260, Hyannis, MA, November 19, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2025, 09:32 local time
- Place: Hyannis, MA
- Airport: Cape Cod Gateway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6693° N, 70.2804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPE COD GATEWAY (HYA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6693&lon=-70.2804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8566P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8566P) (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 TI0-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251119019249I

## Narrative

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

INCIDENT AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CAPE COD GATEWAY AIRPORT (HYA) FOR NANTUCKET MEMORIAL AIRPORT (ACK). SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF AND EN ROUTE TO ACK, AIRCRAFT BEGAN EXPERIENCING A LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER AND CONTACTED ACK TOWER. SHORTLY AFTER, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. PILOT NOTED THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS "POPPED" AND ATTEMPTED TO HOLD CIRCUIT BREAKER IN TO GET GEAR TO COME DOWN. THERE WAS NO GEAR DOWN INDICATION DUE TO LOSS OF POWER AND THE VISUAL GEAR MIRROR ON THE LEFTHAND WING TIP ONLY SHOWS THE NOSE LANDING GEAR THAT APPEARED TO BE PARTIALLY DOWN. THE PILOT CHOSE TO MAKE AN APPROACH TO ACK TO LAND BUT UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT ROCKED LEFT AND RIGHT ALERTING THE PILOT THAT THE GEARS WERE NOT DOWN COMPLETELY. THE PILOT APPLIED POWER, ABORTED LANDING, AND TURNED TOWARDS HYA. ONCE LEVEL, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR FOLLOWING THE CHECKLIST UNDER THE MANUAL EXTENSION COVER. AFTER PULLING UP ON MECHANICAL RELEASE LEVER, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER GEAR USING GEAR MANUAL LEVER. PILOT COULD NOT GET ANY OF THE GEARS TO MANUALLY EXTEND INTO THE LOCK POSITION DESPITE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. PILOT CALLED 911 FROM HIS CELLULAR PHONE TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY INTO HYA BUT DISPATCHER WAS UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE REQUEST. PILOT THEN CALLED THEIR SPOUSE VIA CELLULAR PHONE AND WAS ABLE TO CONTACT HYA TOWER AND ADVISE THEM THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS 10 MINUTES OUT WITH NO ELECTRICAL POWER AND POSSIBLE LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION. AT 1432Z (0932L), AIRCRAFT LANDED AT HYA AND UPON LANDING, ALL LANDING GEARS COLLAPSED AND THE PLANE SPUN 180 DEGREES COMING TO REST ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.

## Other reports on N8566P (1)

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

- [Incident 19920308011779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920308011779I), Mar 8, 1992: Piper PA24260 (N8566P), Marthas Vineyar, MA. Aircraft not in position to land after pilot saw runway. Aborted. Barely missed trees and tower on go around.

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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