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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A35 · Savannah, GA · February 24, 2003

Date
February 24, 2003 · 11:35 local
Place
Savannah, GA
Airport
Savannah International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N330H
Reported as
Beech A35
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
322 total35 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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) Pilot stated that during cruise flight near Savannah, GA, he experienced a loss of communications and navigational equipment and determined that the aircraft was losing electrical power. He informed sav radio of his problem ans was vectored to and cleared to land on rwy 09 at sav. Pilot stated that he lowered the landing gear and thought that he saw a down indication on the l/g mechanical position indicator and saw the gear was down in the mirrors on the tip tanks. The pilot did not verify that the gear was actually down and locked. On touch down the gear collapsed resulting in minor damage to the aircraft. There were no injuries to either the pilot or his passenger. Aircraft in maintenance at Savannah aviation Savannah, GA. Investigation continuing into cause of electrical power failure. M or d will be filed upon determining cause of electrical failure. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT NEAR SAVANNAH, GA, HE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT AND DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOSING ELECTRICAL POWER. HE INFORMED SAV RADIO OF HIS PROBLEM ANS WAS VECTORED TO AND CLEARED TO LAND ON RWY 09 AT SAV. PILOT STATED THAT HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND THOUGHT THAT HE SAW A DOWN INDICATION ON THE L/G MECHANICAL POSITION INDICATOR AND SAW THE GEAR WAS DOWN IN THE MIRRORS ON THE TIP TANKS. THE PILOT DID NOT VERIFY THAT THE GEAR WAS ACTUALLY DOWN AND LOCKED. ON TOUCH DOWN THE GEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER. AIRCRAFT IN MAINTENANCE AT SAVANNAH AVIATION SAVANNAH, GA. INVESTIGATION CONTINUING INTO CAUSE OF ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE. M OR D WILL BE FILED UPON DETERMINING CAUSE OF ELECTRICAL FAILURE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^