19951006040609I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 60 · Detroit, MI · October 6, 1995

Date
October 6, 1995 · 12:10 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Detroit City
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N100RE
Reported as
Beech 60
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO541E1A4
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,320 total200 in this make and model25 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: the pilot stated that the electrical system failed & that the gear would not fully extend. The battery was found to be warm and discharged. The voltage regulators were tested & functioned normally. The left generator was tested and put out appropriate power. The landing gear extended when manually operated.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED & THAT THE GEAR WOULD NOT FULLY EXTEND. THE BATTERY WAS FOUND TO BE WARM AND DISCHARGED. THE VOLTAGE REGULATORS WERE TESTED & FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE LEFT GENERATOR WAS TESTED AND PUT OUT APPROPRIATE POWER. THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED WHEN MANUALLY OPERATED.