# Incident 20030224003309I: Beech A35, Savannah, GA, February 24, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2003, 11:35 local time
- Place: Savannah, GA
- Airport: Savannah International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0835° N, 81.0998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Savannah, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0835&lon=-81.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N330H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N330H-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A35 (registry code 1151504, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 322 total, 35 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030224003309I

## Narrative

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

(-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^

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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