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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Raytheon B200 · Carlsbad, CA · May 16, 2015

Date: May 16, 2015 · 16:00 local
Place: Carlsbad, CA
Airport: Mc Clellan-Palomar
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N505SP
NTSB investigation: NTSBWPR15LA165
Reported as: Raytheon B200
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-52
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total350 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N505SPRegistered now · Raytheon B200S/N BB-1538 · Built 1996 Airframe modelRaytheon B200 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42Turbo-prop

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What happened

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About fifteen minutes after departure from palm springs, CA, enroute to santa ana, CA, the pilot started experiencing an electrical failure. Eventually, he lost all electrical power and was not able to communicate with air traffic control, so he flew west to the coast and then south to Palomar airport at Carlsbad, CA. The control tower gave him a green light and he proceeded in for landing. The pilot said that he selected the landing gear to down and tried to lower the flaps. The aircraft came in fast and landed long with the landing gear in the up position. There were no injuries, but the aircraft sustained substantial damage.

As the FAA filed it

ABOUT FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE FROM PALM SPRINGS, CA, ENROUTE TO SANTA ANA, CA, THE PILOT STARTED EXPERIENCING AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. EVENTUALLY, HE LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER AND WAS NOT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, SO HE FLEW WEST TO THE COAST AND THEN SOUTH TO PALOMAR AIRPORT AT CARLSBAD, CA. THE CONTROL TOWER GAVE HIM A GREEN LIGHT AND HE PROCEEDED IN FOR LANDING. THE PILOT SAID THAT HE SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR TO DOWN AND TRIED TO LOWER THE FLAPS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN FAST AND LANDED LONG WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE UP POSITION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB WPR15LA165Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCarlsbad, CAThe pilot’s inadvertently turning on the starter switches, which turned off the generators and resulted in a loss of electrical power and gear-up landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to follow the emergency procedures for a loss of…May 16, 2015 · Substantial damage

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