34.0109° N, 118.4982° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Monica, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 25, 1984 · 15:30 local
Place
Santa Monica, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2136L
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO520BA
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
23,000 total1,000 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Electric power failure. Partial manually extended gear collapsed on landing. Dead battery from alternator failure.
As the FAA filed it
ELECTRIC POWER FAILURE. PARTIAL MANUALLY EXTENDED GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. DEAD BATTERY FROM ALTERNATOR FAILURE.