# Incident 20070804826049I: Beech J35, Janesville, WI, August 4, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2007, 11:00 local time
- Place: Janesville, WI
- Airport: Southern Wisconsin Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6203° N, 89.0416° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOUTHERN WISCONSIN RGNL (JVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6203&lon=-89.0416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7299B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7299B-2012-10-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech J35 (registry code 1151522, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-j35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH J35
- Reported engine: CONT IO470C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 400 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070804826049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE HAD FLOWN THE AIRCRAFT NUMEROUS TIMES WITH ALTERNATOR INOPERATIVE, RECHARGING BATTERY AT LANDING POINTS PRIOR TO JVL. LANDING GEAR IS ELECTRICALLY OPERATED. PILOT STATED THE BATTERY FAILED UPON DESCENT INTO JVL, AND HE ATTEMPTED A NORMAL EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR. PILOT STATED HE HAD ONLY A MECHANICAL INDICATION OF THE NOSE WHEEL EXTENSION, AND TOOK THAT TO MEAN ALL GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. AT TOUCHDOWN THE GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT, ONE PASSENGER, AND DOG WERE NOT INJURED. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINOR. INVESTIGATION FOUND THE PILOT MADE FIVE FLIGHTS IN THE PLANE, THREE ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN, BETWEEN 7/24/07 AND 8/04/07 WITH A KNOWN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. PILOT HAD SCHEDULED ALTERNATOR REBUILD THE WEEK OF 8/26/07. DURING APPROACH TO JVL, PILOT STATED THE "PANEL WENT BLACK", AND HE ATTEMPTED A NORMAL EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR. HE STATED HE DID NOT USE THE MANUAL CRANK TO ASSURE GEAR DOWN, OR REQUEST TOWER TO VISUALLY CHECK THE GEAR.

## Other reports on N7299B (2)

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

- [Accident 19990901047139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990901047139A), Sep 1, 1999: Beech J35 (N7299B), Union, OR, Substantial damage. (.4)The commercial pilot was landing the aircraft on a remote grass runway. Shortly after touch down, the aircraft rolled over a rut, and the airplane veered…
- [Incident 19941022044759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941022044759I), Oct 22, 1994: Beech J35 (N7299B), Walla Walla, WA, Minor damage. Inadvertently raised gear instead of flaps on touch and go. Nose gear collapsed.

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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