# Incident 19960205006579I: Cessna 310I, Bakersfield, CA, February 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1996, 20:49 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8147M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8147M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310I (registry code 2074224, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310I
- Reported engine: CONT IO470U
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 295 total, 7 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960205006579I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 3-5-96 WHILE ENROUTE FROM SBA TO LAS ON AN IFA FLIGHT PLAN, THE PILOT INDICATED HE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE. LOS ANGELES ARTCC REPORTED A LOSS OF RADAR AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH N8147M AT ABOUT 2222PST. LOS ANGELES CENTER DID OBSERVE THE PILOT OF N8147M SQ 7700/7600 ON HRS TRANSPONDER. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO BFL WHERE IT CIRCLED MEADOWS FIELD ATTEMPTING TO GET THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN SOME ELEC. POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR ELECTRICALLY. UPON ATTEMPTING TO LAND THE PILOT HEARD SOME SCRAPING SOUND AND THUS MADE A GO AROUND. HE THEN FINISHED THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PILOT WAS PROPERLY QUALIFIED WITH A COMMERCIAL CERT. A-SEL, MEL, I-A, CLASS II MEDICAL DATED 02-22-96. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR, LIMITED ONLY TO THE TWO PROPELLERS. NO FURTHER ACTION TO BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME.

## Other reports on N8147M (2)

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

- [Accident 19881117051139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881117051139A), Nov 17, 1988: Cessna 310I (N8147M), St Louis, MO, Substantial damage. Unsafe gear light and unable to correct manually. Left main gear collapsed on rollout. Poor rigging of the gear.
- [Accident 19790108000499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790108000499A), Jan 8, 1979: Cessna 310I (N8147M), Festus, MO, Substantial damage. Aircraft hit a snowbank short of runway on landing.

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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