# Incident 19960906030579I: Beech F33A, Bermuda Dunes, CA, September 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1996, 14:00 local time
- Place: Bermuda Dunes, CA
- Airport: Bermuda Dunes Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7484° N, 116.2748° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BERMUDA DUNES (UDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7484&lon=-116.2748&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7368R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7368R) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960906030579I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1996, A BEECHCRAFT, BE33A, N7368R PILOTED BY MR. JOHN MONYPENY WAS ENROUTE FROM CATALINA ISLAND, CA TO BERMUDA DUNES, CA WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE. BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE THE PILOT WAS WITHOUT COMMUNICATION, AND HE COULD NOT EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT REACHED THE BERMUDA DUNES AREA THE PILOT ASSISTED BY A PASSENGER ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR FOLLOWING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR THE AIRCRAFT BY MANUALLY HAND CRANKING THE GEAR DOWN. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT THEY CRANKED THE GEAR UNTIL IT STOPPED CRANKING BUT HAD NO WAY MECHANICALLY TO KNOW WHETHER THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THEY DID A FLY-BY THE AIRPORT AND LANDED, BUT THE LANDING GEAR WAS ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF THE GEAR DOORS, ANTENNAS, AND THE PROPELLER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PERSONS ON THE AIRCRAFT. THE AFTER LANDING INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE LANDING GEAR, AND THE REASON FOR THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE IS UNKNOWN. DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, THE ENGINE COULD NOT BE OPERATED FOR TROUBLE SHOOTING PURPOSES. WHEN THE REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED ON THE AIRCRAFT AN M OR D WILL BE SUBMITTED REGARDING THE ELECTRICAL DEFECT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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