# Accident 20150516011879A: Raytheon Aircraft Company B200, Carlsbad, CA, May 16, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2015, 16:00 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Mc Clellan-Palomar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1269° N, 117.2783° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1269&lon=-117.2783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N505SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N505SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon B200 (registry code 7150006, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-b200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42 (registry code 52062, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY B200
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-52
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 350 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150516011879A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR15LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA165), May 16, 2015: Raytheon B200 (N505SP), Carlsbad, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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…

## Other reports on N505SP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20210510006212A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210510006212A), May 10, 2021: Raytheon Aircraft Company B200 (N505SP), Bermuda Dunes, CA, Substantial damage. At approximately 0921 PDT (local), an commmercial rated pilot was on a personal flight in king air N505SP. The flight was taxiing out from the west ramp to…

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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