What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On Sunday, October 13th, on a flight from alpine TX (E38) to waukesha WI (kues). The aircraft stopped and re-fueled at bowie airport (0F2) and was on the second leg of the trip. The flight was normal with excellent VFR weather, and receiving flight following from memphis center. At about 4PM CT the pilot noticed auto pilot disengaged and GX60 GPS was blank. Then memphis center contacting that they had lost radar contact, and the pilot noticed his transponder was blank. The pilot was able to tell center he was losing power, then the second radio quit and all electrical power died. The pilot could not find any fuses tripped or switches not toggled.
The pilot looked outside and saw a large airport off my right wing, it was kxna. The pilot also had foreflight on his ipad and used it to look up the tower frequency. The pilot took out his portable radio and contacted tower and informed them of his situation. The pilot flew east of the field while he descended from 9500 ft and slowed to under 140MPH so he could extend the landing gear manually. The bonanza has an electric system, so with no power he had to crank it down. The pilot had the POH and followed the emergency instructions, which said to turn the crank about 50 times counter clockwise. Cranking the gear handle was challenging as it was very stiff at high speed. The aircraft slowed to 120 mph and counted 52 cranks. The pilot flew by the tower on the east side and they told me it looked like the nose gear was still not fully down.
The pilot tried to crank it some more and did get another 4 or 5 turns - still very stiff - and the pilot was concerned that this was way past the ?50? In the POH. The aircraft made a second low pass over the runway and the pilot heard 2 voices saying the gear now looked down. The pilot flew the pattern, made sure he was cleared to land and landed on runway 16. (Wind was light and out of the south - so not much crosswind to worry about).
The aircraft landed with no flaps (also operated by electrical power) and held the plane nose high to keep the nose wheel off as long as possible. After touchdown the aircraft rolled a short distance and as the plane settled the pilot felt the right side sink first, and then the left. Still holding the yoke full back the pilot heard scraping as the tail tie down lug scraped the runway.
The plane veered slightly to the right and stopped fairly quickly. The pilot pulled the mixture to cutoff and turned off the key and exited as quickly as he could.
Foreflight recorded the landing at 4:12PM.
The pilot reported that there was no prop strike and no loss of engine power throughout the incident. The landing gear did not collapse fully and kept the plane from hitting the runway. Only the tie down lug scraped the runway. The right main tire did blow.
The airport crew was able to lift the plane, got the landing gear extended and secured, and towed the plane off the runway.
As the FAA filed it
ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, ON A FLIGHT FROM ALPINE TX (E38) TO WAUKESHA WI (KUES). THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED AND RE-FUELED AT BOWIE AIRPORT (0F2) AND WAS ON THE SECOND LEG OF THE TRIP. THE FLIGHT WAS NORMAL WITH EXCELLENT VFR WEATHER, AND RECEIVING FLIGHT FOLLOWING FROM MEMPHIS CENTER. AT ABOUT 4PM CT THE PILOT NOTICED AUTO PILOT DISENGAGED AND GX60 GPS WAS BLANK. THEN MEMPHIS CENTER CONTACTING THAT THEY HAD LOST RADAR CONTACT, AND THE PILOT NOTICED HIS TRANSPONDER WAS BLANK. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO TELL CENTER HE WAS LOSING POWER, THEN THE SECOND RADIO QUIT AND ALL ELECTRICAL POWER DIED. THE PILOT COULD NOT FIND ANY FUSES TRIPPED OR SWITCHES NOT TOGGLED.
THE PILOT LOOKED OUTSIDE AND SAW A LARGE AIRPORT OFF MY RIGHT WING, IT WAS KXNA. THE PILOT ALSO HAD FOREFLIGHT ON HIS IPAD AND USED IT TO LOOK UP THE TOWER FREQUENCY. THE PILOT TOOK OUT HIS PORTABLE RADIO AND CONTACTED TOWER AND INFORMED THEM OF HIS SITUATION. THE PILOT FLEW EAST OF THE FIELD WHILE HE DESCENDED FROM 9500 FT AND SLOWED TO UNDER 140MPH SO HE COULD EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY. THE BONANZA HAS AN ELECTRIC SYSTEM, SO WITH NO POWER HE HAD TO CRANK IT DOWN. THE PILOT HAD THE POH AND FOLLOWED THE EMERGENCY INSTRUCTIONS, WHICH SAID TO TURN THE CRANK ABOUT 50 TIMES COUNTER CLOCKWISE. CRANKING THE GEAR HANDLE WAS CHALLENGING AS IT WAS VERY STIFF AT HIGH SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO 120 MPH AND COUNTED 52 CRANKS. THE PILOT FLEW BY THE TOWER ON THE EAST SIDE AND THEY TOLD ME IT LOOKED LIKE THE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL NOT FULLY DOWN.
THE PILOT TRIED TO CRANK IT SOME MORE AND DID GET ANOTHER 4 OR 5 TURNS - STILL VERY STIFF - AND THE PILOT WAS CONCERNED THAT THIS WAS WAY PAST THE ?50? IN THE POH. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SECOND LOW PASS OVER THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT HEARD 2 VOICES SAYING THE GEAR NOW LOOKED DOWN. THE PILOT FLEW THE PATTERN, MADE SURE HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 16. (WIND WAS LIGHT AND OUT OF THE SOUTH - SO NOT MUCH CROSSWIND TO WORRY ABOUT).
THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NO FLAPS (ALSO OPERATED BY ELECTRICAL POWER) AND HELD THE PLANE NOSE HIGH TO KEEP THE NOSE WHEEL OFF AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED A SHORT DISTANCE AND AS THE PLANE SETTLED THE PILOT FELT THE RIGHT SIDE SINK FIRST, AND THEN THE LEFT. STILL HOLDING THE YOKE FULL BACK THE PILOT HEARD SCRAPING AS THE TAIL TIE DOWN LUG SCRAPED THE RUNWAY.
THE PLANE VEERED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT AND STOPPED FAIRLY QUICKLY. THE PILOT PULLED THE MIXTURE TO CUTOFF AND TURNED OFF THE KEY AND EXITED AS QUICKLY AS HE COULD.
FOREFLIGHT RECORDED THE LANDING AT 4:12PM.
THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO PROP STRIKE AND NO LOSS OF ENGINE POWER THROUGHOUT THE INCIDENT. THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT COLLAPSE FULLY AND KEPT THE PLANE FROM HITTING THE RUNWAY. ONLY THE TIE DOWN LUG SCRAPED THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT MAIN TIRE DID BLOW.
THE AIRPORT CREW WAS ABLE TO LIFT THE PLANE, GOT THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND SECURED, AND TOWED THE PLANE OFF THE RUNWAY.
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