# Incident 20190301000689I: Cessna 401A, Fairbanks, AK, March 1, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2019, 21:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8378° N, 147.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairbanks, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8378&lon=-147.7164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N386H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N386H-2020-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401A (registry code 207590D, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190301000689I

## Narrative

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

PIC REPORTS WHILE DEPARTING FAI IN AIRCRAFT, DURING CLIMBOUT, PANEL LIGHTS GREW BRIGHT, AN ELECTRICAL SMELL BECAME APPARENT, AND POSSIBL SMOKE IN COCK PIT WAS NOTED. PIC IMMEDIATELY RETURNED FOR LANDING 20L. AICRAFT LOST ALL ELECTRICAL. PIC ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTEND BUT DID NOT HAVE GEAR INDICATION TO VERIFY GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. THOUGHT GEAR WAS DOWN, BUT UPON TOUCHDOWN GEAR FOLDED CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO SKID TO STOP ON RUNWAY. PILOT REPORTS ENGINES WERE IDELING WHEN PROP HIT RUNWAY. OTHER THEN PROPELLERS, DAMAGE APPEARS LIMITED TO BELLY SKINS AND GEAR DOORS. POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE BEHIND BELLY SKINS - OWNER'S MECHANIC WILL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION WHEN AIRCRAFT IS RECOVERED FOR REPAIR.

NTSB REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS EXTENT OF DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. WHEN AIRCRAFT IS IN MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOR REPAIR NTSB WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHETHER AN INCIDENT OF ACCIDENT. NO NTSB NUMBER ASSIGNED AS OF THIS TIME.

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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