# Incident 19981028030759I: Beech F33A, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, October 28, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1998, 13:11 local time
- Place: Chicago/Wheelin, IL
- Airport: Pal-Waukee Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N179MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N179MC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 40 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981028030759I

## Narrative

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

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..

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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