19981028030759I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech F33A · Chicago/Wheelin, IL · October 28, 1998

Date: October 28, 1998 · 13:11 local
Place: Chicago/Wheelin, IL
Airport: Pal-Waukee Airport
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N179MC
Reported as: Beech F33A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,300 total40 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N179MCRegistered now · Beech F33AS/N CE-1530 · Built 1990 Airframe modelBeech F33A Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acft nose gear collapsed on landing. (-5)on October 28, 1998, at 1310 CST, mr rober sandbank, an instrument rated private pilot, departed runway 34 at palwaukee airport, wheeling, IL, on a part 91 flight. During takeoff, the aircraft experienced a sudden intermitant and then a total electrical failure. The landing gear was partially extended during the intermittent electrical failure. The pilot, unable to contact the control tower, returned to the airport and made an emergency landing on runway 34. The landing gear remained partially extended. The aircraft received minor damage. No injuries, no fire. The aircraft was jacked up on the runway, and the landing gear emergency system was used to finish lowering the landing gear. Nothing follows..

As the FAA filed it

ACFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. (-5)ON OCTOBER 28, 1998, AT 1310 CST, MR ROBER SANDBANK, AN INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT, DEPARTED RUNWAY 34 AT PALWAUKEE AIRPORT, WHEELING, IL, ON A PART 91 FLIGHT. DURING TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN INTERMITANT AND THEN A TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE LANDING GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED DURING THE INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE PILOT, UNABLE TO CONTACT THE CONTROL TOWER, RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 34. THE LANDING GEAR REMAINED PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES, NO FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED UP ON THE RUNWAY, AND THE LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY SYSTEM WAS USED TO FINISH LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR. NOTHING FOLLOWS..