# Incident 20170617024409I: Beech D-45, Bowling Green, KY, June 17, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2017, 20:00 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, KY
- Airport: Bowling Green-Warren County Rg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9903° N, 86.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowling Green, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9903&lon=-86.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N617KG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N617KG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D-45 (registry code 1152012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D-45
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL IO-550
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 787 total, 648 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170617024409I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 16:00, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO START THE AIRCRAFT, NOTICING HE HAD LEFT THE MASTER SWITCH IN THE "ON" POSITION. AFTER RECEIVING A JUMP, HE FLEW THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ISSUE.

AT APPROXIMATELY 20:00, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO START THE AIRCRAFT, BUT WAS UNABLE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT POWER. AFTER RECEIVING A JUMP, THE PILOT DEPARTED BWG. AFTER ROTATION AND CLIMB OUT, THE AIRCRAFT LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER. IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING, THE PILOT LOWERED THE GEAR, BUT WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE FLAPS DUE TO THE LOSS OFF ELECTRICAL POWER. TO COMPENSATE FOR THE FLAPS NOT BEING DOWN, THE PILOT FLEW THE APPROACH WITH ADDITIONAL SPEED. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT WOBBLED, THE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP.

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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