# Incident 19971213044579I: Beech V35B, Phoenix, AZ, December 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1997, 13:30 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1110W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1110W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,081 total, 19 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971213044579I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AS REPORTED BY PIC. EXPERIENCED TOTAL IN-FLIGHT ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE. COULD NOT COMMUNICATE PROBLEM TO DVT TOWER. ATTEMPTED TO LOWER GEAR MANUALLY, BUT EXPERIENCED STIFF/BINDING OPERATION, AND COULD NOT COMPLETELY LOWER GEAR. ENTERED DVT TRAFFIC PATTERN REMAINING CLEAR OF OTHER AIRCRAFT AND COMPLETED SEVERAL APPROACHES TO LAND WITH GO-AROUNDS WHILE CONTINUING TO WORK GEAR MANUALLY. EMERGENCY VEHICLES WERE DISPATCHED AND STANDING-BY. RECEIVED FLASHING GREEN-RED LIGHTS FROM TOWER AND COMPLETED SEVERAL MORE APPROACHES AND GO-AROUNDS. THEN DECIDED TO BELLY LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITH PARTIAL GEAR DOWN AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 25R. PERFORMED EMERGENCY SHUT DOWN PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. PROPELLER STRUCK RUNWAY AND AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP. UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND WHY MANUAL EXTENSION WOULD NOT OPERATE PROPERLY.

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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