# Incident 20131112022359I: Beech A36, Petaluma, CA, November 12, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2013, 13:00 local time
- Place: Petaluma, CA
- Airport: Petaluma Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2578° N, 122.6053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PETALUMA MUNI (O69), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2578&lon=-122.6053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3081W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-B(4)C ASCF
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 2,510 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131112022359I

## Narrative

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

PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) LOST ELECTRICAL POWER ON NOV 11, 2013 APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES OUT FROM THE SONOMA SKYPARK AIRPORT, PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA. (O69).

PIC ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR WHILE CIRCLING THE AIRPORT.  THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ON THE ENUNCIATOR PANEL TO INDICATE THE POSITION OF EITHER THE LANDING GEAR OR FLAPS DUE TO THE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER TO INDICATE THE POSITION OF THE FLAPS OR GEAR DOWN.

PIC THEN COMMENCED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR WITH THE MANUAL GEAR HANDLE.  THE AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH OUTSIDE MIRRORS TO LOOK UNDER THE AIRCRAFT TO SEE IF THE LANDING GEAR IS DOWN.  THE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION TAKES 52 TURNS TO INSURE THE GEAR EXTEND AND LOCK TO POSITION TO LAND.  PILOT WAS NOT QUITE SURE AS TO HOW MANY TURNS HE HAD ROTATED MANUAL GEAR HANDLE TO EXTEND THE GEAR.  THE PILOT ESTIMATED THAT HE HAD ROTATED AROUND 50 TURNS.

UPON LANDING THE NOSE WHEEL GEAR COLLAPSE AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED DOWN ON LANDING CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD FUSELAGE, PROPELLER, AND NOSE LANDING GEA

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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