# Incident 20040418005529I: Beech F35, Mcalester, OK, April 18, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2004, 12:00 local time
- Place: Mcalester, OK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9261° N, 95.7736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McAlester, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9261&lon=-95.7736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3396C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3396C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F35 (registry code 1151514, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- Reported engine: CONT E225*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,660 total, 70 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040418005529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENROUTE FROM MOULTRIE, GA TO HOOKER, OK, THE AIRCRAFT LOST ELECTRICAL CHARGING POWER. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE TURNED OFF ALL EQUIPMENT AND ELECTED TO LAND AT MCALESTER, OKLAHOMA. THE BATTERY SWITCH WAS TURNED ON AND THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ELECTRICAL POWER TO GIVE A GEAR DOWN INDICATION. THE PILOT REPORTED THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN IN THE MIRRORS INSTALLED ON THE WING TIP FUEL TANKS. ON ROLL OUT THE GEAR SLOWLY COLLAPSED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR, LIMITED TO THE MAIN GEAR INBOARD GEAR DOOR, THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, THE PROPELLER AND THE EXHAUST OUTLETS.

## Other reports on N3396C (1)

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

- [Accident 19740928034299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740928034299A), Sep 28, 1974: Beech F35 (N3396C), Live Oak, CA, Substantial damage. Lnd due rough eng.

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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