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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · June 2, 2016

Date
June 2, 2016 · 14:20 local
Airport
Scottsdale
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
4TDA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N111GJ
Reported as
Cessna 550
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,277 total1,200 in this make and model111 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft was on approximately one mile final to sdl rwy 21 when the pilot reported they had an electrical failure. The gear indicator lights were extinguished because of the failure. The do states the pilot decided to do a low approach for gear check and then made right traffic to land on rwy 21. Aircraft landed with no further incident and taxied to landmark aviation (maintenance facility).

Aircraft taxied to maintenance who determined the main circuit breaker for panel #1 power supply had popped. When circuit breaker re-engaged all electrical systems functioned normally.

(Circuit breaker on #1 panel popped causing loss of electrical power to 2nd panel which supplied power to landing gear lights.)

The circuit breaker was replaced by maintenance and the aircraft has not experienced any electrical issues in subsequent flights.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FINAL TO SDL RWY 21 WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED THEY HAD AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE EXTINGUISHED BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE DO STATES THE PILOT DECIDED TO DO A LOW APPROACH FOR GEAR CHECK AND THEN MADE RIGHT TRAFFIC TO LAND ON RWY 21. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO LANDMARK AVIATION (MAINTENANCE FACILITY).

AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO MAINTENANCE WHO DETERMINED THE MAIN CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR PANEL #1 POWER SUPPLY HAD POPPED. WHEN CIRCUIT BREAKER RE-ENGAGED ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.

(CIRCUIT BREAKER ON #1 PANEL POPPED CAUSING LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER TO 2ND PANEL WHICH SUPPLIED POWER TO LANDING GEAR LIGHTS.)

THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS REPLACED BY MAINTENANCE AND THE AIRCRAFT HAS NOT EXPERIENCED ANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES IN SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS.