# Incident 19880908052059I: Beech F33A, Charlotte, NC, September 8, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1988, 16:50 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Wilgrove Air Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2139° N, 80.6683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Wilgrove Air Park, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2139&lon=-80.6683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4463S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4463S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,162 total, 1,015 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880908052059I

## Narrative

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

TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE. CRANKED GEAR DOWN AND LANDED. GEAR COLLAPSED BECAUSE NOT FULL DOWN. BATTERY CABLE BROKEN.

## Other reports on N4463S (1)

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

- [Accident 19840512018679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840512018679A), May 12, 1984: Beech F33A (N4463S), Tarentum, PA, Substantial damage. Dragged a wing during a sudden gust of wind after drifting left of runway center. Impact ground looped aircraft.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.