# Incident 20000331017499I: Beech A36, Joplin, MO, March 31, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2000, 16:36 local time
- Place: Joplin, MO
- Airport: Joplin Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1532° N, 94.4988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOPLIN RGNL (JLN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1532&lon=-94.4988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1550G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1550G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 15 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000331017499I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATES THAT DURING THE CRUISE THE LOW BUS VOLTS ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED WITH A VOLTMETER READING OF LESS THAN 25, WITH SOEM LOAD INDICATION. ALTERNATOR WAS RESET WITH THE SAME RESULTS.  STANDBY GENERATOR WAS SELECTED BUT VOLTAGE DROP CONTINUED.  PILOT DECIDED TO EXTNED GEAR WHILE VOLTAGE WAS STILL AVAILABLE, AND STATES THAT SHE OBTAINED THREE GREEN LIGHTS, INDICTING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED.  PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN JOPLIN, MISSOURI.  DURING LANDING, THE ROLLOUT THE GEAR  COLLAPSED CAUSING PROPELLER, ENGINE, LEFT WING TIP AND FUSELAGE DAMAGE.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND THE ALTERNATOR INTERNALLT SHORTED AND THE SHAFT OF THE STANDBY GENERATOR SHEARED.  THIS INCIDENT #CE2000IGA032 IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N1550G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20200827012249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200827012249A), Aug 27, 2020: Beech A36 (N1550G), Redding, CA, Destroyed, 4 fatal. On August 27, 2020, about 0645 pacific daylight time, a Beechcraft bonanza A36, N1550G, was destroyed moments after a failed attempt to takeoff from Benton…

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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