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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech A36 · Roswell, NM · November 24, 2008

Date: November 24, 2008
Place: Roswell, NM
Airport: Roswell International Air Center
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N711TH
Reported as: Beech A36
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,052 total31 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N711THRegistered now · Beech A36S/N E-246 Airframe modelBeech A36 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On November 24, 2008, N711TH, a Beechcraft model A-36 aircraft, departed moriarty airport (0E0) enroute to Roswell International Air Center Airport (krow). The pilot was cleared to land runway 17 at krow, when the pilot noticed total electrical system failure on turn to final. Due to the system failure the pilot decided to performed a 360 degree flight maneuver and performed a manual emergency landing gear extension. The pilot was unable to verify if landing gear was down and locked through the aircraft landing gear indication system. The plane landed with landing gear down, but all three landing gears legs collapsed shortly after touch down. The initial propeller strike was approximately 100 feet past runway 12 and the aircraft came to rest approximately 500 feet past runway 12 on the southeast side of runway 17.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 24, 2008, N711TH, A BEECHCRAFT MODEL A-36 AIRCRAFT, DEPARTED MORIARTY AIRPORT (0E0) ENROUTE TO ROSWELL INTERNATIONAL AIR CENTER AIRPORT (KROW). THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 17 AT KROW, WHEN THE PILOT NOTICED TOTAL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE ON TURN TO FINAL. DUE TO THE SYSTEM FAILURE THE PILOT DECIDED TO PERFORMED A 360 DEGREE FLIGHT MANEUVER AND PERFORMED A MANUAL EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY IF LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED THROUGH THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR INDICATION SYSTEM. THE PLANE LANDED WITH LANDING GEAR DOWN, BUT ALL THREE LANDING GEARS LEGS COLLAPSED SHORTLY AFTER TOUCH DOWN. THE INITIAL PROPELLER STRIKE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET PAST RUNWAY 12 AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET PAST RUNWAY 12 ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF RUNWAY 17.