# Incident 20170826012109I: Mooney M20R, Bessemer, AL, August 26, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2017, 10:00 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4018° N, 86.9544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bessemer, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4018&lon=-86.9544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4654M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4654M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,005 total, 1,378 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170826012109I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE NUMBER 1 ALTERNATOR BUS CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED CAUSING A LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER.  THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS RESET AND ELECTRICAL POWER WAS MOMENTARILY RESTORED.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO KEKY. THE NUMBER 2 ALTERNATOR BUS CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED AND WOULD NOT RESET.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER.

THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND MANEUVER DURING INITIAL APPROACH TO EKY TO AVOID CONFLICTING TRAFFIC.  ON THE SECOND APPROACH THE PILOT POSITIONED THE GEAR LEVER TO THE DOWN POSITION BUT THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND DUE TO THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE.  THE GEAR POSITION INDICATOR WAS NOT OPERATIONAL AND PILOT FAILED TO EXECUTE THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE. THE PILOT MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 LOCAL.

THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, LANDING GEAR DOORS AND LOWER FUSELAGE SURFACES.

## Other reports on N4654M (1)

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

- [Accident 20060405003859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060405003859A), Apr 5, 2006: Mooney M20R (N4654M), Destin, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot arrived at Destin, FL on VFR flight. Entered pattern for visual arrival, rwy 14, dts. ATIS reporting winds 280@10G14. Pilot made normal landing and…

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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