# Incident 20000311003689I: Beech A36, Emporia, KS, March 11, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2000, 08:15 local time
- Place: Emporia, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4024° N, 96.1946° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Emporia, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4024&lon=-96.1946&mi=10
- Aircraft: N818CJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N818CJ-2012-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon A36 (registry code 7150001, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 665 total, 80 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000311003689I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 11, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 0730 AM, LOCAL TIME THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF N818CJ, A BEECHCRAFT BE-36, DEPARTED MKC, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI DOWNTOWN AIRPORT ON AN IRF FLIGHT TO BEECHFIELD, WICHITA, KANSAS. WHILE ENROUTE AT 6,000 FEET THE PILOT DISCOVERED A LOW-VOLTAGE INDICATION, RECOGNIZED AN ALTERNATOR FAILURE AND NOTIFIED KANSAS CITY CENTER THAT THE PILOT WAS RETURNING TO EMPORIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.  THE PILOT INITATED A DESCENT AND ELECTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR ELECTRICALLY AT WHICH TIME THE RADIOS CEASED TO FUNCTION AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO DETECT ANNUNICATOR LIGHTS.  UPON TOUCHDOWN IN A FIELD SHORT OF THE AIRPORT, THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.

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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