# Incident 20091210053049I: Beech A36, Auburn, AL, December 10, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 2009, 14:30 local time
- Place: Auburn, AL
- Airport: Auburn-Opelika Robert G. Pitts
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6099° N, 85.4808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Auburn, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6099&lon=-85.4808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6442N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 135 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091210053049I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KCSG UNEVENTFULLY ENROUTE DIRECT TO KMBO.  WHILE IN NORMAL CRUISE FLIGHT AT 6000 FEET, THE AUTO-PILOT FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT RADIOS BEGAN TO FAIL.  COMMUNICATION WITH ATLANTA CENTER WAS LOST. AS ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WAS LOST, PILOT MADE DECISION TO DIVERT TOWARD NEAREST AIRPORT KAUO, AND DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.  PILOT STATED HE MANUALLY LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR BY CRANKING TILL IT FELT AS IF HE HAD CRANKED IT TO THE STOPS.  UPON TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT FELT THE MAIN GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED, BUT AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLOW, THE LEFT MAIN BEGAN TO WOBBLE AND COLLAPSED.  AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP.  PILOT AND PASSENGER EGRESSED WITH NO INJURIES.

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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