# Incident 20010619013139I: Beech D45, Monterey, CA, June 19, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2001, 16:40 local time
- Place: Monterey, CA
- Airport: Monterey Peninsula
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6012° N, 121.8828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monterey, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6012&lon=-121.8828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N343MN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N343MN-2013-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D-45 (registry code 1152012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D45
- Pilot flight hours: 7,370 total, 50 in this make and model, 122 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010619013139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ON A LOCAL VFR FLIGHT FROM MRY WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE ( GENERATOR AND BATTERY) APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF MONTEREY AIRPORT. UPON NOTICING THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM HE TURNED TOWARD MRY AND ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT APPROACH CONTROL. NO TRANSMISSIONS NOR HEADSET TONE WERE HEARD.  HE THEN COMPLETED THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE PROCEDURE (GENERATOR - OFF AND NONESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT -OFF) AND PROCEEDED TOWARY MRY.  ON DOWNWIND HE RECHECKED THE LANDING GEAR INDICATIONS AND IT WAS STILL GIVING A BARBER-POLED INDICATION.  HE THEN STATED THAT HE LINED UP ON FINAL (28R) FOR A FLY-BY LOOKING FOR A GREEN LIGHT SIGNAL FRO THE MRY TOWER FOR AN INDICATION THAT THE PATTERN WOULD BE CLEAR ON THE NEXT PASS AND TO GET CONFIRMATION THAT THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN POSTION.  AFTER RECEIVING A GREEN LIGHT FROM THE TOWER, THE PILOT COMMITTED HIMSELF TO LAND ON RUNWAY 28R.  UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE LANDING GEAR BEGAN TO COLLAPSE WHICH THEN CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND GEAR DOORS.

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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