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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Sparta, TN · March 20, 1994

Date
March 20, 1994 · 17:00 local
Place
Sparta, TN
Airport
Sparta-White County Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N66722
Reported as
Beech A36
Reported engine
Continental IO520BA
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,550 total100 in this make and model50 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.

Narrative: a/c had a total electrical failure while enroute IFR. Lost all radio communication. A/c broke out into VFR condition and pilot was able to find srb. Pilot lowered landing gear by hand, however gear did not lock into position. On touch down at srb landing gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: A/C HAD A TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE WHILE ENROUTE IFR. LOST ALL RADIO COMMUNICATION. A/C BROKE OUT INTO VFR CONDITION AND PILOT WAS ABLE TO FIND SRB. PILOT LOWERED LANDING GEAR BY HAND, HOWEVER GEAR DID NOT LOCK INTO POSITION. ON TOUCH DOWN AT SRB LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.