# Incident 20080928855599I: Beech 35C33, Boca Raton, FL, September 28, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2008, 09:48 local time
- Place: Boca Raton, FL
- Airport: Boca Raton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3785° N, 80.1077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOCA RATON (BCT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3785&lon=-80.1077&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55FL-2022-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35-C33 (registry code 1151408, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35-c33) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35C33
- Reported engine: CONT O470N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080928855599I

## Narrative

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

WHILE OVER PAHOKEE, FL, PILOT LOST ELECTRICAL POWER.  ALTITUDE AND HEADING WERE NOT REPORTED.  PILOT USED PORTABLE AIRCRAFT RADIO CONNECTED TO EXTERNAL COMM ANTENNAE FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS WITH ATC AND NAVIGATED TO HOME AIRPORT VIA PANEL MOUNTED GPS EQUIPPED WITH BATTERY BACK UP.  MANUAL EMERGENCY GEAR CRANK WAS UTILIZED TO LOWER GEAR, AS GEAR IS NORMALLY ACTUATED WITH ELECTRICAL POWER.  PILOT PERFORMED FLYOVER TO GET RADIO REPORTS FROM ATC AS TO GEAR CONFIGURATION, AND WHEN HE RECEIVED AN OBSERVATION THAT THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE FULL DOWN EXECUTED APPROACH TO BCT RUNWAY 05.  PILOT WAS LOW ON APPROACH ANGLE AND ADDED POWER, TOUCHING DOWN ON RUNWAY SURFACE PRIOR TO THRESHOLD MARKINGS.  GEAR COLLAPSED, PROP STRUCK RUNWAY SURFACE AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO ABRUPT STOP.  ON SITE INVESTIGATION REVEALED ALTERNATOR V-BELT MISSING, ACCOUNTING FOR THE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER.  337 ON FILE WITH OKC INDICATED INSTALLATION OF STC SA334SW, INTERAV ALTERNATOR ON JULY 19, 2005.  PILOT IS IN POSSESSION OF SPARE V-BELT FROM WHICH PART NUMBER WAS ACQUIRED AS BELT ON BOARD AIRCRAFT WAS LOST THROUGH BOTTOM OF COWLING IN FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N55FL (1)

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

- [Incident 20201221019169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201221019169I), Dec 21, 2020: Beech 35-C33 (N55FL), Lumberton, NC, Minor damage. The PIC was taking a local flight. After takeoff, the standby alternator light illuminated. This caused a distraction. The PIC returned to the pattern for…

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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