20020118001099I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Mobile, AL · January 18, 2002

Date
January 18, 2002 · 12:20 local
Place
Mobile, AL
Airport
Bates Field
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3816S
Reported as
Beech A36
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft had electrical failure. Pilot attempted to lower landing gear but failed to get the gear full down and locked. Visual inspection reveals damage to lower fuselage, landing gear doors, and engine cowling and exhaust. Cause of electrical failure to be determined upon further inspection.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD ELECTRICAL FAILURE. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR BUT FAILED TO GET THE GEAR FULL DOWN AND LOCKED. VISUAL INSPECTION REVEALS DAMAGE TO LOWER FUSELAGE, LANDING GEAR DOORS, AND ENGINE COWLING AND EXHAUST. CAUSE OF ELECTRICAL FAILURE TO BE DETERMINED UPON FURTHER INSPECTION.