# Incident 20070218003889I: Beech B36TC, Livermore, CA, February 18, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2007, 13:30 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Livermore Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6934° N, 121.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIVERMORE MUNI (LVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6934&lon=-121.8204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N36TF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N36TF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B36TC (registry code 1151609, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B36TC
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520UB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 590 total, 203 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070218003889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES OUT ON APPROACH TO LV, THE PLOT PITCHED UP TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT DOWN AND DROPPED THE LANDING GEAR WHICH WAS INDICATED BY THREE GREEN LIGHTS. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE PILOT NOTICED THE HSI HAD FLAGGED. HE THEN NOTICED THE ALT LIGHT WAS ON, INDICATING ELECTRICAL FAILURE, AND THE AMP METER WAS ON A DISCHARGE. HE TRIED RESETTING THE ALT SWITCH SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO RESULTS. HE THEN TURNED OFF ALL NON ESSENTIAL INSTRUMENTS, DUE TO ELECTRICAL POWER RAPID DEGRADATION, AND TURNED ON THE STANDBY GENERATOR TIED TO COMM 1. AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES OUT FROM LVK, THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND, AND TRAVELING TOO FAST (120 KNOTS), BECAUSE OF NO POWER FOR FLAP DEPLOYMENT, HE CUT THE THROTTLE WHICH LIMITS THE STANDBY GENERATOR; THEREFORE HE DID NOT HEAR THE TOWER CALLING HIM TO REPORT A LANDING GEAR PROBLEM. NOT KNOWING THERE WAS A LANDING GEAR PROBLEM, THE PILOT EXECUTED HIS LANDING AND THE GEAR FOLDED UP, AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY COMING TO A STOP. THERE WILL BE A FOLLOW-UP (AMENDMENT) TO THIS REPORT WHEN DETERMINATION OF THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE HAS BEEN MADE.

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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