# Incident 20040307003979I: Beech J35, Mobile, AL, March 7, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2004, 14:35 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Bates Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6944° N, 88.0431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6944&lon=-88.0431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8369D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8369D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech J35 (registry code 1151522, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-j35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH J35
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040307003979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. MILTON L. GODLEY (PILOT) DEPARTED DESTIN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, FLORIDA (DTS) EN ROUTE TO BUNKIE LOUISIANA (2R6). IN THE PROXIMITY OF THE MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT, AL (MOB) MR. GODLEY BEGAN EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES WITH THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; HE STATED; AS PER ATC "TRANSPONDER NOT TRANSMITTING, RADIO COMMUNICATIONS INTERMITTENT ETC. THE PILOT NOTICED THE GARMIN 430 GPS WAS INTERMITTENT "ON AND OFF". THE PILOT CONCLUDED THE AIRCRAFT WAS HAVING A PROGRESSIVE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. HE CONTACTED THE MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER REQUESTING CLEARANCE FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. THE PILOT EXECUTED THE BEFORE LANDING "GUMPS" CHECK LOWERING THE LANDING GEAR USING THE NORMAL LANDING GEAR DOWN SWITCH. THE PILOT VISUALLY VERIFIED THE LANDING GEAR MECHANICAL INDICATOR DOWN, AND CONTINUED WITH THE LANDING PROCEDURE. DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED; CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE COWL, BOTH SIDE PANELS, NOSE GEAR STEERING LINKAGE, NOSE GEAR RETRACTION LINKAGE, PROPELLER, AND THE ENGINE HAD A SUDDEN STOPPAGE.

## Other reports on N8369D (1)

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

- [Incident 19781130024019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781130024019I), Nov 30, 1978: Beech J35 (N8369D), Burbank, CA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed as pilot applied brakes after landing for a high speed turn off.

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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