# Incident 20090729047829I: Beech A36, Hartford, CT, July 29, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2009, 11:50 local time
- Place: Hartford, CT
- Airport: Hartford-Brainard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7367° N, 72.6494° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTFORD-BRAINARD (HFD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7367&lon=-72.6494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6467X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6467X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090729047829I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A CHARGING SYSTEM FAILURE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT IN IFR CONDITIONS. THE PILOT WAS VECTORED TO KHFD BY ATC WHILE THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY WAS DISCHARGING. THE PILOT BROKE OUT UNDER THE CLOUD LAYER AT 1500 FEET AND SAW HFD AIRPORT. BY THIS TIME, HIS BATTERY WAS ALMOST DEAD AND HE WAS LOSING NAV AND COMM CAPABILITIES. THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 2 STATING HE WAS IN AND OUT OF THE CLOUDS AT 1500 FEET AND DIDN'T WANT TO RISK GOING IFR AGAIN WITHOUT RADIOS. THE PILOT SELECTED THE ELECTRONIC GEAR TO THE DOWN POSITION BUT IT DID NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WITHOUT PERFORMING AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 2 AT HFD GEAR UP CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID ON ITS BELLY CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. TOTAL AIRCRAFT SERVICES IN HARTFORD, CT SENT THE ENGINE OUT FOR OVERHAUL INCLUDING ALL ACESSORIES AND THE ALTERNATOR. WHEN THE ENTIRE ENGINE ASSEMBLY WAS REINSTALLED, THE CHARGING SYSTEM WORKED CORRECTLY.

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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