- Date
- September 19, 1984, 17:18 local (23:18 UTC)
- Place
- Evansville, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8033RBeech A-24R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840919049729A
- Case key
- 12778
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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
Shortly after take off, plt experienced complete electrical failure, later traced to a broken field wire on the acft alternator terminal. Plt returned for landing & placed gear handle in down position. Gear failed to extend (electrically operated). Plt made no attempt to verify gear position in absence of indicator lights or extend gear manually. Handbook provides instructions on manual extension procedure but does not advise on conditions necessitating use.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8033R
- Reported as
- Beech A-24R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MC-28
- Airframe hours
- 1,458
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ywandotte Aero, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1983 · 176 hours before
- Airport
- EVV · Dress Regional, runway 18, 5,080 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 119 total · 67 in this make and model · 67 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EVV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.