# Incident 20250708016859I: Beech F33A, Sugar Grove, IL, July 8, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2025, 10:42 local time
- Place: Sugar Grove, IL
- Airport: Aurora Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7719° N, 88.4757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AURORA MUNI (ARR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7719&lon=-88.4757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6759J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6759J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech F33A (registry code 1151425, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f33a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,946 total, 607 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250708016859I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC OPERATED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE AURORA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KARR) AFTER HAVING MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT. THE PIC WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE HOME BASE OF PAGE FIELD AIRPORT (KFMY) WITH A PLANNED STOP AT THE MUSIC CITY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KXNX). APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE, THE PIC NOTICED THE AMMETER DISCHARGING. SHORTLY AFTER, THE AIRCRAFT LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER, EXCEPT FOR THE ATTITUDE INDICATOR AND THE HORIZONTAL SITUATION INDICATOR (HSI); BOTH OF WHICH HAVE INDEPENDENT BATTERY POWER.

THE PIC DID NOT TROUBLESHOOT THE SITUATION NOR PERFORM AN ABNORMAL/EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. THE PIC CHOSE TO RETURN TO KARR AND NAVIGATED THERE. THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM IS DRIVEN BY AN ELECTRICAL MOTOR, THEREFORE THE GEAR HAD TO BE LOWERED USING THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION. THE PIC LOWERED THE GEAR BY TURNING THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE APPROXIMATELY 40-50 REVOLUTIONS, UNTIL THE PIC WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE HANDLE ANY FURTHER. WITH NO ELECTRICAL POWER, THE GEAR INDICATION LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE TO PROVIDE A GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION.

THE PIC RECEIVED LIGHT GUN SIGNALS FROM THE LOCAL CONTROL AT KARR. THE PIC WAS PROVIDED WITH THE LIGHT GUN SIGNAL REPRESENTING A CLEARANCE TO LAND. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN UNEVENTFULLY ON RUNWAY 15. AS THE AIRCRAFT DECELERATED DURING ROLLOUT, ALL 3 LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N6759J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900814040649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900814040649I), Aug 14, 1990: Beech F33A (N6759J), Marietta, GA, Minor damage. Right main and nose landing gear collapsed on landing rollout.

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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