# Incident 20090413005259I: Beech A36, Bakersfield, CA, April 13, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2009, 15:40 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N818LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N818LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090413005259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A STUDENT PILOT WHILE PERFORMING GROUND REFERENCE MANEUVERS EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE.  THE PILOT NOTICED THAT HIS RADIO EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS WERE ACTING UP AND WAS POSSIBLE LOSING ELECTRICAL POWER.  AT THAT TIME HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT.  ON DOWNWIND THE PILOT TRIED TO LOWER THE FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR IT CAME TO HIS ATTENTION NONE OF THESE SYSTEMS WERE OPERATIONAL (ELECTRICAL).  THE PILOT PERFORMED A GO-AROUND AND TRIED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR MANUAL VIA THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION HANDLE.  AFTER APPROX 15 ROTATIONS OF THE EMERGENCY HANDLE IT BECAME HARDER FOR THE PILOT TO ROTATE THE HANDLE LEADING HIM TO BELIEVER THE GEAR WAS DOWN.  ON SHORT FINAL THE PILOT HEARD THE GEAR HORN BUT CONTINUED TO LAND, LEADING TO A GEAR UP LANDING.  (THE GEAR DOORS WERE PARTIAL OPEN ON GROUND CONTACT).  FLIGHT SCHOOL COUNSELED ALL FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS AN DPILOTS ON ELECTRICAL EMERGENCIES AND EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENTION TO PREVENT FURTHER INCIDENTS.

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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