# Incident 19940320008679I: Beech A36, Sparta, TN, March 20, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1994, 17:00 local time
- Place: Sparta, TN
- Airport: Sparta-White County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9347° N, 85.4726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparta, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9347&lon=-85.4726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66722, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66722) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO520BA
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940320008679I

## Narrative

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

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.

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.

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