# Incident 20220320003159I: Beech V35B, Chattanooga, TN, March 20, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2022, 11:32 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Lovell Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0352° N, 85.2036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOVELL FLD (CHA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0352&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6551C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6551C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35B (registry code 1151548, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220320003159I

## Narrative

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

DURING APPROACH, PILOT EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL "GLITCHES" WITH HIS AVIONICS SYSTEM, SUCH AS "FLICKERS" AND LOSING THE G/S FLAG ON THE HSI. WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT DARK DUE TO ELECTRICAL POWER LOSS. PILOT NOTED THAT THE GEAR "FELT" TO BE EXTENDED DUE TO THE DRAG AND AIRSPEED REACTION. COULD NOT VERIFY THREE GREENS DUE TO NO ELECTRICAL POWER ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. MAIN GEARS WERE FULLY EXTENDED, TOUCHED DOWN AND THEN WHEN THE NOSE TOUCHED DOWN IT COLLASPED CAUSING THE MAINS TO EVENTUALLY COLLAPSE BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO STOP. PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES INVOVLED.

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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