# Incident 19970925035019I: Beech A36, Columbia, SC, September 25, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1997, 15:15 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PE4A
- Location: 33.9382° N, 81.1230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9382&lon=-81.1230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1763W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1763W) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,425 total, 100 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970925035019I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED HE WAS TALKING TO SHAW APPROACH AND WHEN HE SWITCHED OVER TO CAE TOWER HE NOTICED HIS RADIOS WERE INTERMITTENT. THE TOWER STARTED GIVING HIM VECTORS FOR THE ILS II APPROACH WHEN HE LOST COMMUNICATIONS COMPLETELY. HE THEN PUT THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION AND SAW THE GREEN LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHTS ON. AFTER THIS EVERYTHING WENT OFF. HE SAID THAT HE WAS FLYING BETWEEN LAYERS OF CLOUDS BUT WAS ABLE TO SEE THE DOWNTOWN AND FROM THAT REFERENCE HE FOUND THE AIRPORT. HE TRIED LOWERING THE FLAPS BUT THEY WOULD NOT WORK. HE DECIDED TO LAND AND UPON LANDING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TOUCHED, BUT THE RIGHT MAIN AND THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT. THE PILOT THEN SWITCHED OFF THE FUEL AND THEN THE POWER. THE PILOT WAS NOT HURT AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE MECHANICAL RELIABILITY REPORT STATED THE AIRCRAFT ALTERNATOR FAILED.

## Other reports on N1763W (1)

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

- [Incident 19920419014439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920419014439I), Apr 19, 1992: Beech A36 (N1763W), Santa Teresa, NM, Minor damage. Pilot on long base leg. Forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.

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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