# Incident 19980729041479I: Beech A36, Houghton Lake, MI, July 29, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1998, 09:40 local time
- Place: Houghton Lake, MI
- Airport: Roscommon County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3011° N, 84.7499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houghton Lake, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3011&lon=-84.7499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N971PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N971PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 140 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980729041479I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ALTERNATOR FAILED ENROUTE TO HTL. PILOT ELECTED TO ELECTRICLY EXTEND LANDING GEAR EARLY BEFORE BATTERY WAS DEPLETED. HALFWAY THRU GEAR EXTENSION CYCLE THE BATTERY WENT TOTALLY DEAD. WITH GEAR HALFWAY DOWN, PILOT COULD NOT DETERMINE IF HE WAS CRANKING GEAR UP OR DOWN. ALL GEAR SAFE INDICATORS WERE NOT WORKING BECAUSE OF TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE.

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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