INSTRUCTOR AND ADVANCED STUDENT ABOARD PA28 SUFFER COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHICH RESULTS IN INCOMPLETE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND SUBSEQUENT COLLAPSE ON LANDING.
Synopsis
INSTRUCTOR AND ADVANCED STUDENT ABOARD PA28 SUFFER COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHICH RESULTS IN INCOMPLETE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND SUBSEQUENT COLLAPSE ON LANDING.
Narrative
I WAS GIVING DUAL INSTRUCTION TO A COMMERCIAL MULTI-INST RATED PLT FOR HIS INST PROFICIENCY CHK. WE BEGAN THE IPC WITH A HOLD OVER THE ZZZ1 VOR. ATC RPTED THAT THEY LOST OUR XPONDER; SO WE TRIED TO CYCLE THE XPONDER. AFTER MY SECOND COM WITH ATC; MY FIRST RADIO PANEL BEGAN TO SCRAMBLE AND SLOWLY BURNT OUT. THEN SHORTLY AFTER THE SECOND RADIO PANEL DID THE SAME THING; AND I WAS LEFT WITH NO RADIO AND ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS. I THEN MADE THE DECISION TO DEPART CLASS C AIRSPACE AND GO TO ZZZ2 WHICH WAS AN UNCTLED ARPT FOR MY LNDG THERE. ONCE WE DEPARTED THE HOLD; I SQUAWKED 7600 ON MY XPONDER AND CONTINUED TO ZZZ2. I OVERFLEW THE FIELD AT 2500 FT AND FOUND THAT RWY X WAS IN USE AT ZZZ2. I TURNED ON AN EXTENDED DOWNWIND SO I COULD SEE AND AVOID ALL TFC. I HAD NO WAY TO CONTACT ANYONE TO STATE MY INTENTIONS. I THEN WENT THROUGH MY DSCNT PROCS AND FOUND THAT I HAD NO INDICATIONS THAT MY GEAR WAS DOWN. I HAD NO GREEN; RED UNSAFE; GEAR IN TRANSITION LIGHTS OR AURAL WARNING WHEN THROTTLE WAS REDUCED. I THEN DECIDED TO DO A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION SO I SLOWED TO 60 KTS AND DROPPED THE MANUAL GEAR KNOB. I DID APPROX 5-6 S-TURNS WITH EXTENSIVE RUDDER INPUTS TO YAW THE ACFT TO ENSURE THE GEAR WAS IN THE LOCKED POS AND ALSO FOR SPACING BEHIND A C172. I WAS ON AN APPROX 2 MI FINAL. I THEN CONTINUED FOR THE LNDG. I HAD NO WAY TO CONTACT ANYONE ON THE GND OR IN THE AIR TO VISUALLY CHK MY GEAR. WHILE TOUCHING DOWN I FELT THE GEAR UNDERNEATH ME COLLAPSE. I HELD THE NOSE OF THE ACFT OFF AS LONG AS POSSIBLE AND SHUT DOWN THE AIRPLANE. I DID NOT SHUT IT DOWN QUICKLY ENOUGH TO PREVENT ENG STOPPAGE. I THEN CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE CTRLINE OF RWY X AND BOTH MY STUDENT AND I EXITED THE ACFT.
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