What happened
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On November 25, 2015, the airman was involved in an aircraft incident while landing the Beechcraft travel air at the colonel james jabara airport (kaao); the purpose of the flight was to complete an airline transport pilot checkride. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident. The winds were gusting between twenty and twenty five knots all day from a southerly direction. The first half of the flight was conducted without incident. The airman completed an ILS approach and landed on runway 18. The aircraft was then repositioned on the ground for takeoff. The aircraft departed with the intention of completing another instrument approach. During the retraction of the landing gear the aircraft experienced an electrical failure. A decision was made to abandon the next approach and turn downwind for landing. During the downwind leg, the aircrafts electrical power returned and the airman lowered the landing gear handle. The aircraft's landing gear was observed extended via the mechanical gear indicator and landing gear mirror affixed to the engine nacelle; no verification was made to determine that the landing gear was down and locked via the landing gear position lights. Shortly thereafter the aircraft experienced a subsequent failure of the electrical system which prohibited the illumination of these lights. The emergency gear extension procedure was not accomplished to verify the position of the aircrafts landing gear prior to touchdown. The aircraft landed smoothly on the runway centerline. During the landing rollout the aircrafts left main gear started to collapse first, followed by the nose wheel and right main gear. The aircraft slid to a stop about 1500 feet from the landing threshold; minor damage was sustained. The airman and pilot examiner on board did not sustain any injuries.
As the FAA filed it
ON NOVEMBER 25, 2015, THE AIRMAN WAS INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT WHILE LANDING THE BEECHCRAFT TRAVEL AIR AT THE COLONEL JAMES JABARA AIRPORT (KAAO); THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO COMPLETE AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CHECKRIDE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE WINDS WERE GUSTING BETWEEN TWENTY AND TWENTY FIVE KNOTS ALL DAY FROM A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. THE FIRST HALF OF THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE AIRMAN COMPLETED AN ILS APPROACH AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 18. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN REPOSITIONED ON THE GROUND FOR TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITH THE INTENTION OF COMPLETING ANOTHER INSTRUMENT APPROACH. DURING THE RETRACTION OF THE LANDING GEAR THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. A DECISION WAS MADE TO ABANDON THE NEXT APPROACH AND TURN DOWNWIND FOR LANDING. DURING THE DOWNWIND LEG, THE AIRCRAFTS ELECTRICAL POWER RETURNED AND THE AIRMAN LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE. THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR WAS OBSERVED EXTENDED VIA THE MECHANICAL GEAR INDICATOR AND LANDING GEAR MIRROR AFFIXED TO THE ENGINE NACELLE; NO VERIFICATION WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED VIA THE LANDING GEAR POSITION LIGHTS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A SUBSEQUENT FAILURE OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH PROHIBITED THE ILLUMINATION OF THESE LIGHTS. THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED TO VERIFY THE POSITION OF THE AIRCRAFTS LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SMOOTHLY ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFTS LEFT MAIN GEAR STARTED TO COLLAPSE FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE WHEEL AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ABOUT 1500 FEET FROM THE LANDING THRESHOLD; MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED. THE AIRMAN AND PILOT EXAMINER ON BOARD DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES.