# Incident 20010524011579I: Cessna 401, Bryan, TX, May 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2001, 02:15 local time
- Place: Bryan, TX
- Airport: Coulter Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MHJA
- Location: 30.7157° N, 96.3314° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COULTER FLD (CFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7157&lon=-96.3314&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4080Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,328 total, 800 in this make and model, 128 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010524011579I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 05/24/01 ABOUT 0215 PIC ^PRIVACY DATA O^ REPORTED THAT HE DEPARTED HOBBY FOR DALLAS AND ABOUT 70 MILES NE THE A/C EXPERIENCED A TOTAL ELECTRIAL FAILURE. HE SAID THAT HE FOLLOWED ALL EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.  INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT PROPELLER CONTACTED SURFACE OF RWY 14 ABOUT 500 FT. FROM THE THRESHOLD.  BOTH THREE-BLADED PROPELLERS WERE CURLED AFT, TWO ANTENNAS UNDERSIDE OF FUSELAGE WERE BROKEN OFF.  BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE WORN SHOW HOLES IN THE SKIN AS A RESULT OF CONTACT WITH THE RWY.  THROTTLES WERE IN CLOSED POSITION, PROPELLERS WERE IN FULL INCREASE, AND MIXTURE WAS IDLE CUTOFF.  CIRCUIT BREAKER ON THE ELECTRICAL PANEL HAD DROPPED.  HOBBS INDICATED 7295.0 HOURS.  THE A/C WAS LIFTED BY CRANE AND THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED.  NO MALFUNCTIONS WERE DETECTED IN THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM.  A TEST OF THE BATTERY SYSTEM INDICATED THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT POWER TO ILLUMINATE LANDING AND POSITION LIGHTS.  RECORDS INDICATE A PREVIOUS RELATED OCCURRENCE, PTRS SW05200103580, AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE FOLLOWED BY LANDING GEAR DAMAGE FROM OVER MANUAL EXTENSION BY PILOT.  THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT WILL BE DETERMINED AFTER THE OPERATOR HAS COMPLETED INSPECTION O F THE SUSPECTED SYSTEMS.

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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