- Date
- November 5, 1983, 09:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N6739UBeech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831105056489A
- Case key
- 12491
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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
On the return flt to Columbus, OH, the alternator warning light was on. After recycling the switch, the plt shut down all electrical equipment. During arrival at the destination, the plt put the gear handle down, but noted a dim unsafe gear light & a discharge indication on the ammeter. The plt stated that she tried to extend the gear manually. However, during the landing, the nose & right main gear collapsed, the acft swerved to the right & struck a rwy light. The alternator & voltage regislator wereremoved & tested, but both operated satisfactorily. They were reinstalled on the acft & operated at different load conditions, but still operated normally. Also, the emergency landing gear extension sys was tested & was found to operate normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6739U
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E-1591
- Airframe hours
- 2,198
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gahanna Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 17, 1983
- Departed
- FWA · Ft. Wayne, IN
- Airport
- CMH · Port Columbus Int'L, runway 28, 10,700 × 150 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,237 total · 1,903 in this make and model · 4,086 as pilot in command · 242 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.