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FAA incident report · Raytheon A36 · Olathe, KS · December 17, 2014

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Date
December 17, 2014 · 12:40 local
Place
Olathe, KS
Airport
Johnson County Executive
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1097Z
Reported as
Raytheon A36
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total2,400 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days
N1097ZRegistered now · Raytheon A36S/N E-3083 · Built 1997Airframe modelRaytheon A36Engine modelContinental IO-550 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

The pilot reported a loss of electrical power while enroute from Texas (ktki) to Iowa (ktnu). In preparation for a precautionary landing at kojc, the passenger turned the manual landing gear crank 50 turns down while the pilot navigated to the airport. Without electrical power, the pilot could not verify if the gear system had been cranked as FAR down as possible to enable a safe landing. On the landing roll-out, the nose gear collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT REPORTED A LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER WHILE ENROUTE FROM TEXAS (KTKI) TO IOWA (KTNU). IN PREPARATION FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT KOJC, THE PASSENGER TURNED THE MANUAL LANDING GEAR CRANK 50 TURNS DOWN WHILE THE PILOT NAVIGATED TO THE AIRPORT. WITHOUT ELECTRICAL POWER, THE PILOT COULD NOT VERIFY IF THE GEAR SYSTEM HAD BEEN CRANKED AS FAR DOWN AS POSSIBLE TO ENABLE A SAFE LANDING. ON THE LANDING ROLL-OUT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.