# Incident 20070401004249I: Beech 50, Grand Island, NE, April 1, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2007, 17:24 local time
- Place: Grand Island, NE
- Airport: Central Nebraska Regional
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9675° N, 98.3096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL (GRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9675&lon=-98.3096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N369) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 50 (registry code 1152502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-435C&D series (registry code 41521, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-435c-d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 50
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070401004249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N369, BE-50-50, DEPARTED GRAND ISLAND, NE, FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. AFTER DEPARTURE THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE PUT THE GEAR UP HE LOST ELECTRICAL POWER. THE PILOT CALLED THE FBO ON A CELL PHONE AND HAD THEM NOTIFY THE TOWER THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD LOST ELECTRICAL POWER, AND AS A RESULT HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT THEM BY RADIO. THE PILOT MANUALLY PUT THE GEAR DOWN. THE PILOT MADE A FLY BY OF THE TOWER AND LANDED SAFELY. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE BATTERY DEAD. THEY STATED THAT WHEN THE PILOT PUT THE GEAR UP, THE UP LIMIT SWITCH DID NOT SHUT THE GEAR MOTOR OFF, AND THE GEAR MOTOR DRAINED THE BATTERY. MAINTENANCE CHANGED THE BATTERY AND ADJUSTED THE LANDING GEAR UP LIMIT SWITCH.

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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