# Incident 20020510017959I: Beech P35, Poughkeepsie, NY, May 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2002, 10:54 local time
- Place: Poughkeepsie, NY
- Airport: Dutchess County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6266° N, 73.8842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Dutchess County Airport (POU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6266&lon=-73.8842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71DL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N71DL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech P35 (registry code 1151530, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-p35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH P35
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,920 total, 1,006 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020510017959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A PLEASURE FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM KPOU AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ALTERNATOR FAILURE. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO KPOU WITHOUT RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITH ATC LANDED ON RUNWAY 24, LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED/INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PILOT HAD ONLY HAND CRANKED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE 25 TIMES FLIGHT MANUAL STATES 50 CRANKS TO EXTEND AND LOCK LANDING GEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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