# Accident 20120709014419A: Beech A36, Charleston, SC, July 9, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2012, 10:25 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7006° N, 80.0019° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7006&lon=-80.0019&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6672B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6672B) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,790 total, 620 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA450](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA450) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120709014419A

## Narrative

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

AT 08:20 AM THE PILOT DEPARTED BOW ENROUTE TO JZI.  AAV APPROACH NOTIFIED THE PILOT TO RECYCLE THE TRANSPONDER AND HE WAS HANDED OFF TO BEAUFORT APPROACH WHO NOTIFIED HIM THAT HIS TRANSPONDER WAS NOT WORKING.  THE PILOT SCANNED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND NOTICED THAT THE ALTERNATOR INOP LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED.  THE PILOT FOLLOWED PROCEDURES TO RESET THE ALTERNATOR WITHOUT SUCCESS.  THE PILOT CANCELLED HIS FLIGHT PLAN AND ELECTED TO LAND AT CHARLESTON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (JZI).  THE PILOT USED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, WITH THE HELP OF THE SOLE PASSENGER.AT 10:25 AM UPON LANDING THE PILOT AND PASSENGER STATED THAT THEY FELT THE MAIN GEAR TOUCH THE RUNWAY AND THAT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT JUST KEPT GOING LOWER UNTIL "ALL THREE GEAR COLLAPSED".  THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE TO AFT IN A TIGHT CURL.  THE OUTSIDE OF THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND THE INBOARD MAIN GEAR DOORS HAD A LITTLE PAINT SCUFFED OFF OF THEM AND THE SKIN WAS ALSO SLIGHTLY GROUND.  THE BOTTOM OF THE STEP WAS GROUND FLAT AND THE STEP TUBE WAS CRACKED MORE THAN 180 DEGREES AROUND AND BENT UP, CLOSE TO ITS ATTACHMENT POINT TO THE AIRFRAME.  THE BELLY SKIN WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED WITH THE FLANGES OF THE FUSELAGE FORMERS, BULKHEADS, STRINGERS, AND THE MAIN KEELS GROUND AWAY. A DETERMINATION OF WHAT CAUSED THE ALTERNATOR PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA12LA450](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA450), Jul 9, 2012: Beech A36 (N6672B), Johns Island, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to complete the manual emergency gear extension after a loss of electrical power. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to delegate the landing gear extension to a…

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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