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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Austin, TX · April 19, 1997

Date
April 19, 1997 · 15:50 local
Place
Austin, TX
Airport
Robert Mueller Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N17987
Reported as
Beech A36
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
750 total50 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: on April, 1997, at approximately 15:00 CDT, Mr. Peter fitzgerald, holder of pilot certificate number 105401131, was pilot in command of a Beechcraft A-36 bonanza, N17987. Mr. Fitzgerald's aircraft ampere meter displayed a discharge and the radios began to fail. Approximately 10 miles from Austin Mueller airport, Mr. Fitzgerald selected the landing gear handle to the down position, at which time the aircraft lost all electrical power and that he felt drag. Mr. Fitzgerald then proceeded to land on runway 13L at Austin Mueller airport without referencing the aircraft's emergency gear extension procedures. Mr. Fitzgerald was very cooperative during the initial interview. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:00 CDT, MR. PETER FITZGERALD, HOLDER OF PILOT CERTIFICATE NUMBER 105401131, WAS PILOT IN COMMAND OF A BEECHCRAFT A-36 BONANZA, N17987. MR. FITZGERALD'S AIRCRAFT AMPERE METER DISPLAYED A DISCHARGE AND THE RADIOS BEGAN TO FAIL. APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES FROM AUSTIN MUELLER AIRPORT, MR. FITZGERALD SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION, AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER AND THAT HE FELT DRAG. MR. FITZGERALD THEN PROCEEDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 13L AT AUSTIN MUELLER AIRPORT WITHOUT REFERENCING THE AIRCRAFT'S EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES. MR. FITZGERALD WAS VERY COOPERATIVE DURING THE INITIAL INTERVIEW. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^