20110421006449A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech F33A · Ocala, FL · April 21, 2011

Date
April 21, 2011 · 10:49 local
Place
Ocala, FL
Airport
Ocala International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N334J
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA11CA255
Reported as
Beech F33A
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
972 total182 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During cruise flight aircraft experienced a loss of the electrical charging system. The battery was drained and all electrical systems failed. Extension of the flaps was not possible, pilot did not attempt to use emergency hand crank for landing gear. Aircraft landed at a high rate of speed, bounced and settled to the runway. Damage was confined to the lower fuselage, engine, and prop.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF THE ELECTRICAL CHARGING SYSTEM. THE BATTERY WAS DRAINED AND ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FAILED. EXTENSION OF THE FLAPS WAS NOT POSSIBLE, PILOT DID NOT ATTEMPT TO USE EMERGENCY HAND CRANK FOR LANDING GEAR. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, BOUNCED AND SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE, ENGINE, AND PROP.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.