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FAA incident report · Cessna 414 · Ocala, FL · September 18, 2023

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Date
September 18, 2023 · 12:00 local
Place
Ocala, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N444DM
Reported as
Cessna 414
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,458 total
N444DMRegistered now · Cessna 414S/N 414-0522 · Built 1974Airframe modelCessna 414Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On an IFR flight at 6500 MSL, privacy data omitted experienced a complete loss of electrical power. All navigation and communication electronics, and both transponders were inoperable. The pilot used a mobile application to locate the nearest suitable airfield. Ocala (kocf) and with battery power lowered the flaps and landing gear, draining the remaining battery power. Upon landing the aircraft left propeller struck the runway indicating the gear did not lower. The pilot executed a go around, manually dropping gear and landed successfully.

As the FAA filed it

ON AN IFR FLIGHT AT 6500 MSL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. ALL NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION ELECTRONICS, AND BOTH TRANSPONDERS WERE INOPERABLE. THE PILOT USED A MOBILE APPLICATION TO LOCATE THE NEAREST SUITABLE AIRFIELD. OCALA (KOCF) AND WITH BATTERY POWER LOWERED THE FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR, DRAINING THE REMAINING BATTERY POWER. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT LEFT PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY INDICATING THE GEAR DID NOT LOWER. THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO AROUND, MANUALLY DROPPING GEAR AND LANDED SUCCESSFULLY.