# Incident 20151015017209I: Beech BE-36TC, Liberal, KS, October 15, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2015, 14:45 local time
- Place: Liberal, KS
- Airport: Liberal Mid-America Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0439° N, 100.9600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIBERAL MID-AMERICA RGNL (LBL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0439&lon=-100.9600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6465G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6465G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B36TC (registry code 1151609, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b36tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH BE-36TC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,769 total, 5,767 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151015017209I

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 15, 2015, THE AIRMAN WAS FLYING A BEECHCRAFT BE-36TC FROM CANADIAN, TEXAS (HHF) TO AMARILLO, TEXAS (AMA) IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  WHILE OVER PAMPA, TEXAS (PPA) THE ALTERNATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED INDICATING A MALFUNCTION OF THE ALTERNATOR.  A RESET OF THE ALTERNATOR WAS ATTEMPTED WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE AIRMAN ELECTED TO DIVERT TO LIBERAL, KANSAS (LBL) FOR MAINTENANCE AFTER HAVING CALLED HIS MECHANIC.  NO ELECTRICAL LOAD SHEDDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE AIRMAN THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT.  UPON ARRIVAL AT LBL, THE AIRMAN SELECTED THE GEAR DOWN VIA THE NORMAL ELECTRICAL GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM AND THOUGHT THAT THE GEAR HAD EXTENDED.  HE NOTICED THAT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAD SHUT DOWN, RESULTING IN A DARK COCKPIT; THE GEAR EXTENSION LIGHTS COULD NOT BE ILLUMINATED DUE TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. UNSURE IF THE GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED, THE AIRMAN ELECTED TO ATTEMPT LOWERING THE GEAR MANUALLY.  NEXT, THE AIRMAN RETURNED TO THE UNCONTROLLED AIRFIELD WITH NO ELECTRICAL POWER OR RADIO CONTACT.  ACCORDING TO EYEWITNESS STATEMENT AND PHOTOS OF THE AIRCRAFT; THE BEECHCRAFT BE-36TC LANDING GEAR WAS ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED AND NOT FULLY DOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE AIRMAN REPORTED NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N6465G (1)

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

- [Incident 19910617028209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910617028209I), Jun 17, 1991: Beech B36TC (N6465G), Canadian, TX, Minor damage. Pilot did not check gear indicator light until too late and landed gear up.

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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