# Incident 20060409008999I: Cessna 320C, Bismarck, ND, April 9, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2006, 14:30 local time
- Place: Bismarck, ND
- Airport: Bismarck Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7727° N, 100.7457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BISMARCK MUNI (BIS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7727&lon=-100.7457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3026T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3026T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320C (registry code 2074510, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSI0-470-B (registry code 17029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320C
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO470B
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060409008999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE OWNER/PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER DEPARTING BISMARCK, ND ON A VFR FLIGHT WITH HIMSELF AND 4 PASSENGERS ONBOARD HE EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. ON RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MOMENTARILY BEGAN FUNCTIONING. AT THIS POINT HE LOWERED THE ELECTRICALLY OPERATED LANDING GEAR. AGAIN, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE A GREEN LIGHT INDICATING THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED AND HE CRANKED THE GEAR DOWN, BUT STILL WITH NO INDICATION OF DOWN AND LOCKED. HE FLEW BY THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER AND THE CONTROLLER ADVISED THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. ON LANDING ON RUNWAY 13 THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2500 FEET AND BOTH MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED LEAVING THE AIRCRAFT SUPPORTED BY THE EXTENDED NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED FOR ABOUT 50 YARDS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE ENSUED. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT PROPELLER AND THE INBOARD MAIN GEAR DOORS. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN THOROUGHLY EXPLAINED, HOWEVER A BROKEN WIRE WAS FOUND ON THE RIGHT ALTERNATOR.

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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