# Incident 20130815016939I: Beech A36, Middletown, PA, August 15, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2013, 18:41 local time
- Place: Middletown, PA
- Airport: Harrisburg Int'L.
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1932° N, 76.7626° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRISBURG INTL (MDT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1932&lon=-76.7626&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77DC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36 (registry code 1151604, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 series (registry code 03014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,048 total, 825 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130815016939I

## Narrative

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

THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT FROM (AVP) SCRANTON PA TO (MDT) MIDDLETOWN PA AT 8000 FEET MSL IN CRUISE FLIGHT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT  ELECTRICAL POWER BEGAN TO FAIL WITHOUT WARNING. THE SUBSEQUENT LANDING AT (MDT) RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, ENGINE, LOWER COWLING AND BOTH INBOARD LANDING GEAR DOORS. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DETERMINED THAT THE WIRE FROM THE 10 AMP GEN CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD FAILED AT TERMINAL "A" ON THE GENERATOR, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CHARGING CURRENT TO THE BATTERY. NO LOW VOLTAGE WARNING FOLLOWED THE FAILURE BECAUSE THE STC FOR THE TURBINE ENGINE MODIFICATION DID NOT REQUIRE A LOW VOLTAGE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT. CONSEQUENTLY, IT WAS REMOVED. THE PILOT INTERVIEW, CONDUCTED BY AN OPERATIONS INSPECTOR,  REVEALED NO OPERATIONAL ERROR OCCURRED AND THAT PROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WERE USED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE 3 GREEN LIGHTS DUE TO THE LOSS OF ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED DUE TO NOT BEING FULLY DOWN AND LOCKED. ACE-113, CONTINUED OPERATIONAL SAFETY BRANCH,  IS EVALUATING THE FAILURE FOR POSSIBLE  FURTHER ACTION.

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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