# Incident 20100326030159I: Beech A36, Bakersfield, CA, March 26, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2010, 15:02 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3733° N, 119.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bakersfield, CA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3733&lon=-119.0187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3825M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3825M) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 100 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100326030159I

## Narrative

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

WHILE EN ROUTE FROM EL MONTE, CA (EMT) TO WOODLAND, CA (O41), THE AIRCRAFT LOST ELECTRICAL POWER AND DIVERTED TO BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL (L45). THE PIC LOWERED THE GEAR USING THE NORMAL GEAR LEVER.  THE PIC ENSURED THE GEAR WAS POSITIVELY LOCKED DOWN BY THE RESISTANCE OF THE EMERGENCY HANDCRANK BEING EXTREMELY HARD.  UPON LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DAMAGING THE NOSE GEAR AREA SHEET METAL, NOSE DOORS, NOSE STRUT AND THE PROPELLER.  A MECHANIC TROUBLESHOT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND FOUND AN INOPERABLE ALTERNATOR.  MECHANIC REPLACED ALTERNATOR AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED.

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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