# Incident 20040305003829I: Beech A36, Charlotte, NC, March 5, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2004, 16:30 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Charlotte-Douglas International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2132° N, 80.9514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (CLT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2132&lon=-80.9514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N204P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N204P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,351 total, 3,078 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040305003829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ENROUTE TO CLT, PILOT NOTICED LOW BUS VOLTS ANNUNCIATOR ILLUMINATED. PILOT REFERENCED THE OPERATING HANDBOOK AND FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. HE WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN ADEQUATE POWER, SO HE SHUT OFF THE BATTERY MAIN TO CONSERVE REMAINING POWER. PILOT TURNED POWER BACK ON 38 NM OF CLT. PILOT CONTACTED CLT APPROACH AND INFORMED THEM OF HIS CONDITION. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOWER GEAR WITH SWITCH BUT DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT POWER. PILOT THEN FOLLOWED PROCEDURE FOR MANUAL EXTENSION. PILOT REQUESTED THE TOWER FOR A VISUAL OF HIS GEAR. TOWER INFORMED PILOT THAT GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. AFTER LANDING AND ROLLING OUT, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N204P (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20150928016651I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150928016651I), Sep 28, 2015: Beech A36 (N204P), Greenville, SC, Minor damage. On September 28, 2015 at 2103 a beechraft A-36 was taxied to the ramp after landing and hit a parked military (T-34) aircraft. No injuries were reported. The…
- [Incident 20060208011549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060208011549I), Feb 8, 2006: Beech A36 (N204P), Donegal Springs, PA, Minor damage. (-23) During cruise at night IFR @ 8,000 feet engine failed, pilot declared emergency and landed at N71. Massive engine failure cause to be determined, engine…

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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