# Incident 20230922017749I: Raytheon Aircraft Company 58, Albuquerque, NM, September 22, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2023, 15:00 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Double Eagle II
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1449° N, 106.7952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOUBLE EAGLE II (AEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1449&lon=-106.7952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5090D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY 58
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 690 total, 96 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230922017749I

## Narrative

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

DATE AND TIME OF ACCIDENT: 09/22/2023 AT 1430 LOCAL TIME

AIRCRAFT: BARON 58

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ACCIDENT TYPE: LANDING/LOSS OF CONTROL

PHASE OF OPERATION: LANDING

PURPOSE OF FLIGHT: CROSS-COUNTRY

FLIGHT PLAN: DAY VFR

AIRCRAFT DAMAGE: MINOR

INJURIES: NONE

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ORIGIN OF FLIGHT: LAS VEGAS, NM, 12/10/2022 AT 1130

THE PILOT WAS ON A CROSS-COUNTRY TO FLAGSTAFF AIRPORT (KFLG)

WHILE FLYING AND TRANSITIONING FROM LAS VEGAS, NM(KLVS) TO FLAGSTAFF, AZ(KFLG), ABOUT 35 MIN INTO THE FLIGHT THE AUTOPILOT DISCONNECTED, THEN PFD WENT OUT. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH ABQ CENTER THEN ALL THE AIRCRAFT MFD’S AND PFD’S WENT OUT INCLUDING HIS RADIOS EXCEPT HIS BACKUP GI275 WITH NO HEADING JUST ALTITUTUDE. PILOT FLEW TOWARD DOUBLE EAGLE AIRPORT(KAEG). PILOT FLEW APPROXIMATLY AN HOUR WORTH OF PATTERNS TRYING TO TROUBLSHOOT HIS PFD’S AND MFD’S. PILOT THEN TRIED TO MANUALLY SET THE GEAR DOWN BUT IT WAS TOO DIFFICULT AND TO MUCH RESISTANCE FOR THE PILOT TO COMPLETE AND MAINTAIN AIRSPEED AND FLIGHT LEVEL. PILOT LOST HIS BACK-UP INSTRUMENT DUE TO THE BATTERY DIED AND MADE THE DECISION TO LAND THE AIRPLANE ON RWY 22. ON APPROACH RWY22 THRESHOLD THE PILOT RETARTED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE THEN MIXTURE CUTOFF/FUEL AND LANDED GEAR UP APPROXAMTLY 300YARDS FROM TOUCHDOWN.

FURTHER INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT PILOT DID NOT HAVE HIS ALTENATOR SWITCHES IN THE ON POSITION WHILE FLYING. THE RESULT WAS THAT THE SYSTEMS WERE WORKING OFF BATTERY POWER THUS LOSING SYSTEMS WITHIN 30MIN INTO THE FLIGHT.

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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