- Date
- October 8, 1982, 13:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place
- Allendale, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N958MCBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821008052139A
- Case key
- 69740
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
About 30 min after departure, electrical equipment began to fail. The plt turned off the alternator & reset with no change. He then switched to the #1 regulator which did not correct the problem. While turning on downwind the gear handle was placed down & all elect power was lost. The plt then cranked the gear down until resistance was met, but did not count the number of revolutions. The acft touched down with partially extended landing gear. Both batteries were found dry. The left alternator had no output & right alternator current limiter was burned open. The plt indicated during a subsequent interview that he did not turn off any electrical equipment. He also stated that he had not exercised the emerg landing gear system in flight prior to this mishap.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N958MC
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH552
- Airframe hours
- 243
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C7, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Grand Strand Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Grand Strand Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- C · North Myrtle Be, SC
- Destination
- C · Destin, FL
- Airport
- 88J · Allendale County, runway 17, 3,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,262 total · 175 in this make and model · 1,971 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 180 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N958MC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.