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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech M35 · Pratt, KS · August 8, 1998

Date
August 8, 1998 · 00:30 local
Place
Pratt, KS
Airport
Pratt Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N489M
Reported as
Beech M35
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
184 total29 in this make and model12 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.

(-5)The aircraft being operating under CFR 14 part 91, in visual flight rules, experienced an electrical system failure. The pilot manually cranked the gear down using approximately 40 to 50 turns on the handle. The landing gear collapsed on roll out after a normal landing. There were no injuries to the pilot or passenger and weather was not a factor.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)THE AIRCRAFT BEING OPERATING UNDER CFR 14 PART 91, IN VISUAL FLIGHT RULES, EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. THE PILOT MANUALLY CRANKED THE GEAR DOWN USING APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 50 TURNS ON THE HANDLE. THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLL OUT AFTER A NORMAL LANDING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER AND WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.