19880315005409A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech A36 · Cherokee, IA · March 15, 1988

Date
March 15, 1988 · 07:15 local
Place
Cherokee, IA
Airport
Cherokee Municipal
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8136R
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC88LA061
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
605 total87 in this make and model30 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.

Lost power, smoke in cockpit. Unable to extend gear. Broken exhaust pipe flange. Hot exhaust burned alternator wires

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER, SMOKE IN COCKPIT. UNABLE TO EXTEND GEAR. BROKEN EXHAUST PIPE FLANGE.HOT EXHAUST BURNED ALTERNATOR WIRES

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.