What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-5) On August 7, 1998, at 16:40 PDT a Beechcraft bonanza, BE-35-D35, N2928B, landed on runway 12 at Redding Municipal Airport. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage due to system failure, the pilot, who was the sole occupant, was uninjured. Prior to landing, the pilot, alex ivanoff, noted that the transponder had failed to operate and on final approach the electrically operated propeller control failed to operate as well. On short final the pilot selected gear down and noted that it was inoperative at which point he lowered the gear manually. He noted a gear down condition on the manual gear indicator and proceeded to land. Shortly after touchdown the landing gear buckled and minor undercarriage damage and propeller tip damage were sustained. After the incident ASI ken meyer inspected the aircraft and noted that the an electrical system failure had occurred.
As the FAA filed it
(-5) ON AUGUST 7, 1998, AT 16:40 PDT A BEECHCRAFT BONANZA, BE-35-D35, N2928B, LANDED ON RUNWAY 12 AT REDDING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DUE TO SYSTEM FAILURE, THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS UNINJURED. PRIOR TO LANDING, THE PILOT, ALEX IVANOFF, NOTED THAT THE TRANSPONDER HAD FAILED TO OPERATE AND ON FINAL APPROACH THE ELECTRICALLY OPERATED PROPELLER CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE AS WELL. ON SHORT FINAL THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND NOTED THAT IT WAS INOPERATIVE AT WHICH POINT HE LOWERED THE GEAR MANUALLY. HE NOTED A GEAR DOWN CONDITION ON THE MANUAL GEAR INDICATOR AND PROCEEDED TO LAND. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE LANDING GEAR BUCKLED AND MINOR UNDERCARRIAGE DAMAGE AND PROPELLER TIP DAMAGE WERE SUSTAINED. AFTER THE INCIDENT ASI KEN MEYER INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTED THAT THE AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE HAD OCCURRED.