Piper PA-28R-200 CGKBJ

Summary

On 17 December 1982 at about 23:10 local time, a Piper PA-28R-200 registered CGKBJ, operated by Donald W. McLean, was involved in an accident near Cut Bank, Montana, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 December 1982 at 23:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Cut Bank, Montana, United States

Nearest airport

Cut Bank Municipal (CTB)

Coordinates

48.6498, -112.8405

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R-200

Registration

CGKBJ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Donald W. McLean

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Eston, Saskatch → Reno

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83LA035

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHILE ENROUTE. ON ARRIVAL, THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN, HOWEVER IT WOULD NOT LOWER. HE MISIDENTIFIED THE OPERATION OF THE EMERGENCY GEAR DOWN SWITCH AND PUSHED IT UP INSTEAD OF DOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE THE APPROACH WITH HIGH POWER AND ONE NOTCH OF FLAPS. THIS WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED THE AIRCRAFT'S AUTOMATIC GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM FROM FUNCTIONING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. DURING AN INVESTIGATION, AN ALTERNATOR OUT WIRE WAS FOUND BROKEN WHERE IT CONNECTED TO A TERMINAL LUG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.