# Incident 19990117006769I: Beech A36, Marthas Vineyar, MA, January 17, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1999, 11:20 local time
- Place: Marthas Vineyar, MA
- Airport: Marthas Vineyard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3934° N, 70.6139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARTHA'S VINEYARD (MVY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3934&lon=-70.6139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6689N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6689N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990117006769I

## Narrative

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

(-5) PILOT TOOK OFF FROM MVY, RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND HEARD A POP NOISE IN HIS HEADSET, THEN REALIZED HE HAD LOST ELECTRICAL POWER. HE USED THE HANDHELD TO NOTIFY ATC THAT HE HAD A PROBLEM AND CAME AROUND AND DID A FLY-BY THE TOWER. THE CONTROLLER BREADCAST "THE LANDING GEAR APPEARS TO BE DOWN." THE PILOT THEN FLEW AROUND THE PATTERN, GOT A GREEN LIGHT FROM THE TOWER TO LAND. THE PILOT LANDED THE ARICRAFT AND THEN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY.

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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