# Incident 19980619029189I: Beech A36, Tremonton, UT, June 19, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1998, 09:30 local time
- Place: Tremonton, UT
- Airport: Tremonton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7148° N, 112.1841° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tremonton Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7148&lon=-112.1841&mi=10
- Aircraft: N903V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N903V) (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 IO550A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,020 total, 920 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980619029189I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER SUDDENLY WHILE ENROUTE FROM IDA TO FUL. WITHIN TWO MINUTES OF POWER LOSS THE GEAR WAS LOWERED. THE PILOT NOTICED AN AIRPORT DIRECTLY BELOW AIRCRAFT (TREMONTON, UT) AND MADE NORMAL APPROACH. UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. NO SMOKE OR FIRE AND NO INJURIES. THIS WAS PHONES INTO THE OFFICE BY THE AT 0830 ON 6/23/98 BY THE OWNERS MECHANIC. THE PILOT CONFIDED THAT HE FAILED TO USE HIS EMERGENCY CHECK LIST. HE WAS OVERWHELMED WITH CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF HIS FAMILY. THE CAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE WAS A BRUSH IN THE ALTERNATOR. THIS ALTERNATOR WAS TO BE REMOVED ON THE NEXT ANNUAL, FOR TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE FERRIED TO FULLERTON, CA, FOR REPAIRS. THIS MATTER WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGER IN THIS OFFICE.

## Other reports on N903V (1)

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

- [Incident 19861009069079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861009069079I), Oct 9, 1986: Beech A36 (N903V), Fullerton, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft was taxied into a parked airplane.[privacy data omitted]

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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