# Incident 20120512008549I: Beech F33A, Somerville, NJ, May 12, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Somerville, NJ
- Airport: Somerset
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6260° N, 74.6700° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SOMERSET (SMQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6260&lon=-74.6700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1515M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1515M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120512008549I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE ENROUTE TO BELTSVILLE FROM SOMERSET HE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. HE THEN RETURNED TO SOMERSET FOR LANDING. HE EXTENDED THE GEAR MANUALLY USING THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE. HE REPORTED THE GEAR HANDLE STOPPED TURNING AND ASSUMED THE GEAR WAS DOWN BUT HAD NO ELECTRICAL POWER TO PROVIDE GREEN LITE INDICATION. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE GEAR WAS ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED AND RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND GEAR.

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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