# Incident 20010601013119I: Beech D55, Stockton, CA, June 1, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2001, 21:07 local time
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Airport: Stockton Metropolitan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8933° N, 121.2381° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Stockton Metropolitan Airport (SCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8933&lon=-121.2381&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2296V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2296V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D55 (registry code 1152730, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D55
- Reported engine: CONT IO520C
- Pilot flight hours: 1,961 total, 46 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010601013119I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATES: DEPARTED ALTO MORNING OF 06/01/01 FOR OXNARD, CA. FLIGHT NORMAL. ON RETURN FLIGHT FROM OXNARD THAT EVENING, HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURES, BEGINNING WITH INTERIOR LIGHT AND INSTRUMENT LIGHT FAILURES.  AT APPROXIMATELY 50NM FROM SCK, HE CONTACTED STOCKTON TOWER TO REPORT SITUATION, AND BEGAN TURNING SYSTEMS OFF TO CONSERVE POWER FOR RADIOS.  ON APPROACH TO SCK, HE ATTEMPTED NORMAL EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR, BUT NORMAL MODE WOULD NOT FUNCTION.  MANUAL EXTENSION WAS EXECUTED AFTER OPENING LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER.  HE ASKED TOWER WHETHER THEY COULD SEE POSITION OF LANDING GEAR.  IN DARK CONDITIONS, NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE. PILOT INDICATED HE HAD "DOWN ARROW" IN VIEW.  AS THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS "PULLED", HE DID NOT HAVE INDICATOR LIGHT AVAILABLE FOR LANDING GEAR POSITION INDICATION.  LANDING WAS EXECUTED.  PILOT REPORTED AS WEIGHT ON WHEELS INCREASED, HE SENSED THE RIGHT WING  SETTLING CLOSER TO THE GROUND.  HE FEATHER THE PROPELLERS, AND WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT, AS ALL THREE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  PILOT EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE RESULTED.  INVESTIGATION  OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO FOLLOW.

## Other reports on N2296V (1)

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

- [Incident 20021110032969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021110032969I), Nov 10, 2002: Beech D55 (N2296V), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot stated he and a passenger were on final to stockton, CA (sck) and discovered the gear was not extending. They flew to a nearby airport byron…

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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