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FAA incident report · Cessna 340CESSNA · Las Vegas, NV · November 24, 2005

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Date
November 24, 2005
Place
Las Vegas, NV
Airport
North Las Vegas Air Terminal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N340E
Reported as
Cessna 340CESSNA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
839 total292 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days
N340ERegistration cancelled Oct 26, 2015 · Cessna 340S/N 340-0102 · Built 1972Airframe modelCessna 340Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted had both alternators fail about 40 minutes after departing san bernardino enroute to north Las Vegas, NV. The cause of the failures has not been determined. On approach to vgt, the pilot privacy data omitted tried to lower the landing gear but could not. He then tried manually to crank the landing gear down but it also failed. The pilot privacy data omitted had no other choice than to land gear up at vgt runway 25.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ HAD BOTH ALTERNATORS FAIL ABOUT 40 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTING SAN BERNARDINO ENROUTE TO NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. ON APPROACH TO VGT, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ TRIED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR BUT COULD NOT. HE THEN TRIED MANUALLY TO CRANK THE LANDING GEAR DOWN BUT IT ALSO FAILED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ HAD NO OTHER CHOICE THAN TO LAND GEAR UP AT VGT RUNWAY 25.