# Incident 20020707037219I: Beech D45, Lemars, IA, July 7, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2002, 10:45 local time
- Place: Lemars, IA
- Airport: Lemars Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7786° N, 96.1936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LE MARS MUNI (LRJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7786&lon=-96.1936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5734B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5734B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D-45 (registry code 1152012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D45
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 350 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020707037219I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT WAS A LOCAL VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM LEMARS, IA (LRJ) WITH THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 18 AT LRJ, THE PIC SELECTED THE GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION. WHILE THE GEAR WAS IN TRANSIT, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE. WITNESSES, ON THE END OF THE RUNWAY, REPORTED THE GEAR WAS DOWN, BUT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE LOCKED. THEY ALSO STATED THEY SAW THE LANDING LIGHT EXTINGUISH AS THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE RUNWAY. THE PASSENGER, A LICENSED PILOT, ALSO CONFIRMED THE TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE PIC STATED HE THOUGHT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED, BUT WITH THE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER, WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM THE GEAR POSITION. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE CONTEMPLATED GOING AROUND, FLYING AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT AND TRY TO RESOLVE THE ELECTRICAL ISSUE, BUT DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH THE LANDING. DUE TO THE AIRSHOW EVENT, HE KNEW CRASH/FIRE/RESCUE WAS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE. WITHOUT KNOWING THE FULL EXTENT OF THE MALFUNCTION HE WAS EXPERIENCING, HE ELECTED TO CONTINUE INSTEAD OF TAKING A CHANCE OF AN OFF AIRPORT FORCED LANDING TRYING TO TROUBLE SHOOT THE PROBLEM. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED 300 FT. AND CAME TO REST ON THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.

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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