# Incident 20150204001479I: Beech A36TC, Amarillo, TX, February 4, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2015, 11:02 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3668D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3668D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech A36TC (registry code 1151603, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36TC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 21,477 total, 118 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150204001479I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 4, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:02 CST, N3668D A BEECHCRAFT A36TC, WAS ON  A PART 91 FLIGHT FROM FORT WORTH ALLIANCE AIRPORT (AFT), LOCATED IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS, TO TUCUMCARI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, LOCATED IN TUCUMCARI, NEW MEXICO.  .  DURING CRUISE FLIGHT THE PILOT NOTICED ELECTRICAL POWER DECEASING.  THE PILOT CONTACTED RICK HUSBAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AMA), FAA APPROACH CONTROL LOCATED IN AMARILLO, TEXAS.  FAA APPROACH CONTROL SUGGESTED LANDING RUNWAY 31, AFTER WHICH THE PILOT LOST RADIO CONTACT AND EXPERIENCED TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE.  THE PILOT THEN PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND TRIED TO RECYCLE THE AIRCRAFT ALTERNATOR. THE  PILOT THEN PROCEEDED TO LAND FOLLOWING THE FAA TOWER EMERGENCY LIGHT GUN SIGNAL.  DURING LANDING THE PILOT AND AIRPORT OPERATION PERSONNEL REPORTED THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TOUCHED DOWN AND AS THE AIRCRAFT AIRSPEED DECREASED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER IT CONTACTED THE  RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP WITH ALL THREE LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY RETRACTED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO ALL LANDING GEAR DOORS, NOSE LANDING GEARING EXTENSION AND RETRACTION ASSEMBLIES, LOWER OUTBOARD LEFT WING SKIN AND FUEL TANK.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ABLE TO EXTRICATE THEMSELVES FROM THE AIRCRAFT, WITHOUT INJURIES.

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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