# NTSB CHI69F0553: Beech 65-80, N503SB, Louisville, KY, March 5, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 5, 1969
- Place: Louisville, KY · LOUISVILLE, KY
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 10, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191098
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69F0553
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69F0553

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0829   69/3/5    LOUISVILLE,KY       BEECH 65-80         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1830                    N503SB              PX-  0  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 49, 6500 TOTAL HOURS, 405
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BOWMAN FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE
           SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
        REMARKS- PLT EXECUTED EMER LDG GR PROC.DUE TO ALTERNATOR FAILURE UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF GR DOWN AND LOCKED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N503SB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65-80
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bowman Field

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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