# Incident 20091216053179I: Beech 58, Muscle Shoals, AL, December 16, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2009, 14:45 local time
- Place: Muscle Shoals, AL
- Airport: Northwest Alabama Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7453° N, 87.6102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHWEST ALABAMA RGNL (MSL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7453&lon=-87.6102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3860N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 313 total, 67 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/20091216053179I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 16, 2009, AT 1445 CST, A BEECH 58 OPERATED AS A 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM JACKSON, TN (KMKL) TO BIRMINGHAM, AL (KBHM).  THE PILOT LOST ELECTRICAL POWER AT 7000 FEET OF FLIGHT AND DIRECTED THE PLANE TO KMSL WHILE USING A HAND HELD GPS.  THE   PILOT MANUALLY EXTENDED THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR, AND MADE EMERGENCY LANDING AT KMSL.  DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED FOR A SHORT PERIOD DOWN RUNWAY 2 9 INTO THE GRASS AREA ALONG THE RUNWAY.  THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MINOR DAMAGED.  THE ON SCENE INVESTIGATION CONFIRMED THAT THE AIRCRAFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED.  THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS CRANKED EIGHT MORE TURNS BEFORE THE GREEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED AND NO DISCREPANCY WAS NOTED. THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY INDICATED 23.7 VOLTS AND THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS OPERATIONAL. THE RIGHT ENGINE ALTERNATOR'S CABLES WERE LOOSE.  FUEL WAS PRESENT IN THE FUEL SYSTEM AND NO DEFECTS NOTED.

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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